The court should not have permitted the arresting detective to give lay opinion testimony that defendant was the person depicted in two surveillance videos. In this case, the alleged difference in appearance— the addition of eyeglasses—was de minimis, and the jury had access to photos of defendant without eyeglasses (see People v Reddick,
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