PEOPLE v. WILLIAMS


294 A.D.2d 133 (2002)

740 N.Y.S.2d 879

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MATTHEW WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided May 7, 2002.


The court properly denied defendant's application for a missing witness charge concerning the "ghost" officer. The court properly found this request to be untimely, since it was made after the close of evidence and the record fails to support defendant's assertion that it was made "as soon as practicable" (People v Gonzalez, 68 N.Y.2d 424, 428). In addition, the request was properly denied on the ground that the People established...

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