Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The trial court properly refused defendant's request to give the jury a missing witness charge. At trial, defendant failed to identify the missing witnesses and failed to make a prima facie showing that the witnesses were knowledgeable about a material issue in the case and would have been expected to give noncumulative testimony favorable to the People's case (see, People v Pugh,
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