THE PEOPLE & C., RESPONDENT, v NORMA JEAN ROBINSON, APPELLANT.

88 N.Y.2d 1001, 671 N.E.2d 1266, 648 N.Y.S.2d 869 (1996).
September 10, 1996

 Norma Jean Robinson, for Appellant.
The People & c., for Respondent.
Submitted by Jacqueline F. Oliva, for appellant.
Submitted by Maryanne Luciano, for respondent.

MEMORANDUM:

The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed.

After a jury trial, defendant was convicted, as an accomplice, of rape in the first degree and sexual assault in the first degree. On her appeal to the Appellate Division, defendant contended, among other things, that the trial court's instruction to the jury on reasonable doubt impermissibly shifted the burden of proof. The majority of the Appellate Division held that this contention was unpreserved (218 AD2d 673, 674). We agree, because to frame and preserve a question of law reviewable by this Court, an objection or exception must be made with sufficient specificity at the trial, when the nisi prius court has an opportunity to consider and deal with the asserted error (CPL 470.05[2]; People v Robinson, 36 NY2d 224). That was not done here.

We have examined defendant's remaining contentions and conclude that they are without merit.

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On review of submissions pursuant to section 500.4 of the Rules, order affirmed, in a memorandum. Chief Judge Kaye and Judges Simons, Titone, Bellacosa, Smith, Levine and Ciparick concur.

Decided September 10, 1996