The court properly denied defendant's request for a missing witness charge concerning an officer who concededly did not observe the drug transactions in question or defendant's arrest. Since, at best, this officer's testimony would have been limited to his account of radio communications made by the undercover officer and other peripheral matters, defendant did not establish that he was knowledgeable about any material matter involved in the case (compare, People v Lyons...
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