While a trial court's refusal of a defendant's request for a jury instruction that a prior inconsistent statement may be used for impeachment purposes only and is not evidence of the truth of the prior statement is generally inconsequential, where, as here, the People's case rested on the credibility of a single, significantly impeached witness, such refusal constitutes reversible error.
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