The trial court appropriately exercised its discretion in denying defendant's request for a missing witness charge on the basis of the witness's unavailability, since the witness, a resident of Belgium, was not subject to subpoena, and the People's efforts were sufficient, under the circumstances, to ascertain that the witness was unwilling to return to New York voluntarily (see, People v Mancini,
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