Opinion
April 12, 1999
Appeal from the County Court, Westchester County (Cirigliano, J.).
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's request for a missing witness charge because, inter alia, the defendant failed to establish that the witness in question would naturally have been expected to testify favorably to the prosecution ( see, People v. Gonzalez, 68 N.Y.2d 424, 428).
O'Brien, J. P., Joy, Krausman and Goldstein, JJ., concur.