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U.S. v. CACCIA

No. 1162, Docket 96-1540.

122 F.3d 136 (1997)

UNITED STATES of America, Appellee, v. William CACCIA, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided August 26, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darrell B. Fields, The Legal Aid Society, New York City, for Defendant-Appellant.

Alexander H. Shapiro, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, Mary Jo White, U.S. Atty., Robert E. Rice, Asst. U.S. Atty., New York City, for Appellee.

Before: NEWMAN and CALABRESI, Circuit Judges, and HURLEY,

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge.

This appeal concerns a "missing witness" instruction, several versions of which have been approved, with varying degrees of enthusiasm, in this and other circuits. In this Circuit, one generally acceptable version of a "missing witness" instruction informs the jury that when a material witness is equally available to both parties but is not called to testify by either party, the jury may infer that the testimony of that witness would...

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