Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
We find no error in the trial court's refusal to provide the jury with detailed and extensive instructions on identification as requested by defense counsel. The Court of Appeals has stated that "[a] Judge who gives a general instruction on weighing witnesses' credibility and who states that identification must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt has made an accurate statement of the law" (People v Whalen,
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