People v. Patten

—Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Bruce Allen, J.), rendered September 30, 1994, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 41/2 to 9 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s request for a missing witness charge, made after both sides rested, was untimely (People v White, 222 AD2d 209). In any event, defendant failed to meet his initial burden to support such a charge by demonstrating that the witnesses had any material knowledge (People v Gonzalez, 68 NY2d 424,…