It is hereby ordered that the judgment so appealed from is unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum: On appeal from a judgment convicting him following a jury trial of criminal sexual act in the first degree (Penal Law § 130.50[1]), defendant contends that he was deprived of a fair trial by prosecutorial misconduct. According to defendant, the prosecutor improperly shifted the burden of proof to the defense during summation, vouched for or bolstered the testimony of...
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