People v. Freeman

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Denis Boyle, J.), rendered February 21, 2001, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and sentencing him to concurrent terms of 25 years to life and 10 years, respectively, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s request for a missing witness charge was properly denied both on the ground of untimeliness and on the merits. The request was not made “as soon as practicable” (People v Gonzalez, 68 NY2d 424, 428), where it was made after both sides had finished presenting…