Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant asserts that the trial court erred in refusing to specifically charge the jury as to discrepancies in the People's witness's identification of the defendant as the seller of drugs. We disagree. The trial court need not give a fact specific charge as to identification but may give a general instruction on weighing credibility and state that the identification must be proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the
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