Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
On the instant appeal, the defendant contends that the court erred in denying his request to strike the testimony of one of the People's witnesses as a sanction for the prosecution's loss of that witness's original statement to the police. We disagree. It is within the discretion of the trial court to determine the appropriate sanction to be imposed upon the People for their failure to preserve Rosario material (see...
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