Defendant was not deprived of a fair trial by the People's questioning of their civilian witnesses about their reluctance to testify. Under the circumstances of the case, including defendant's attacks on the witnesses' credibility, it was appropriate for the prosecutor to elicit brief, nonprejudicial testimony that the witnesses did not wish to testify (see People v Howard,
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