The court was not obligated to draw an adverse inference with respect to a surveillance videotape purportedly made at the store at which the incident occurred. There is no indication that the tape was ever in the presentment agency's possession, and the agency had "no constitutional or statutory duty to acquire, or prevent the destruction of, evidence generated and possessed by private parties" (People v Banks,
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