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PEOPLE v. CLANTON

19 A.D.3d 177 (2005)

796 N.Y.S.2d 357

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WILLIAM CLANTON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 9, 2005.

The court's admonitions to defense counsel to desist from making summation-like arguments, and to confine her opening statement to what she intended to prove, did not shift the burden of proof, especially since the court thoroughly instructed the jury that the defense did not have to make an opening statement and that the burden of proof remained with the People (see People v Orr, 267 A.D.2d 177

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