Defendant's challenges to the court's preliminary and final instructions regarding reasonable doubt are unpreserved and we decline to review them in the interest of justice. Were we to review these claims, we would find that neither instruction shifted the burden of proof or imposed an affirmative obligation on any juror to articulate to the other jurors the basis for finding a reasonable doubt (see, People v Antommarchi,
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