OPINION OF THE COURT Wachtler, J. The question in these cases is whether the court in charging the jury on intent unconstitutionally shifted the burden of proof from the prosecutor to the defendant. In each case the Appellate Division has upheld the conviction. The defendants appeal claiming that the Supreme Court’s recent decision in Sandstrom v Montana ( <a…
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