Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court's refusal to give a missing witness charge with respect to the People's failure to call Officer Esposito to testify was proper. The People established that Officer Esposito's testimony would not have contradicted or added to that of the other witnesses, and therefore, would have been cumulative (see, People v Almodovar,
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