PEOPLE v. CHRISTIE

10227, 2187/16.

176 A.D.3d 618 (2019)

113 N.Y.S.3d 75

2019 NY Slip Op 07738

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Paul Christie, Appellant.

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

Decided October 29, 2019.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina A. Swarns , Office of the Appellate Defender, New York ( Dana B. Wolfe of counsel), for appellant.

Cyrus R. Vance, Jr. , District Attorney, New York ( Diana Wang of counsel), for respondent.

Concur— Renwick, J.P., Manzanet-Daniels, Mazzarelli, Webber, Oing, JJ.


Defendant did not preserve his claim that, at certain places in its preliminary and final jury instructions, the court failed to state the correct standard for proof beyond a reasonable doubt, and we decline to review this claim in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find no basis for reversal. The reasonable doubt instructions, viewed as a whole, conveyed the proper standards, and nothing in these instructions was

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