Case ID: ad2d_273/html/0884-01.html
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Curtis Williams, Appellant.
    [710 NYS2d 292]
   —Judgment unanimously affirmed. Memorandum: We reject defendant’s contention that the charge on justification impermissibly shifted the burden of proof. County Court followed the New York Criminal Jury Instructions (see, 1 CJI[NY] 35.15 [2] [a]) and repeatedly instructed the jury that- the People had the burden of disproving the defense of justification beyond a reasonable doubt (see, People v James K., 236 AD2d 825, 825-826, lv denied 90 NY2d 859). (Appeal from Judgment of Monroe County Court, Connell, J. — Criminally Negligent Homicide.) Present — Pigott, Jr., P. J., Green, Kehoe and Lawton, JJ.