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THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. FRUITQUAN BAILEY, Appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Although the court's instruction to the jury that no adverse inference may be drawn from the defendant's failure to testify on his own behalf included more than the statutory language (see, CPL 300.10), the instruction was neutral in tone, consistent in substance with the intent of CPL 300.10 (2), not so extensive as to prejudicially draw the jury's attention to the defendant's failure to testify, and did not imply that the failure to testify was a trial maneuver rather than a constitutional right (see, People v Pierre, 215 A.D.2d 599; People v Odome, 192 A.D.2d 725; People v Gardner, 182 A.D.2d 638, 639). Thus, the instruction did not constitute reversible error.

The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either unpreserved for appellate review (see, CPL 470.05) or without merit. Sullivan, J.P., Altman, Friedmann and Goldstein, JJ., concur.

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PEOPLE v. BAILEY
(Dec 29, 1995)