Defendant argues that he was denied a fair trial because the court's charge did not specifically state that his prior convictions could be considered only for the purpose of evaluating his credibility. While the charge did not include such a statement (it is certainly preferable for such language to appear), neither did it suggest any improper use of defendant's convictions, and it cannot be presumed that the jury failed to follow the court's plain instruction that "such...
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