Judgment affirmed.
The trial court was correct in denying a defense request for a charge that if the jury failed to believe the testimony of the eyewitness Perez it must return a verdict of not guilty. Instead, the trial court properly instructed the jury that the prosecutor's obligation is to prove its case beyond a reasonable doubt in all aspects. As the trial court aptly observed during the oral argument on the request, the jurors must consider "the totality of...
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