The trial court appropriately exercised its discretion when it denied defendant's motion to strike the entire direct testimony of a prosecution witness who refused to answer one question posed by the prosecutor regarding the identity of the participants in the robbery, and when it instructed the jury, with defendant's approval, that the witness's refusal to answer could be considered in assessing his credibility (see, People v Chin,
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