People v. Brockington

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Nassau County (Belli, J.), rendered May 14, 1990, convicting him of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree and criminal possession of a controlled substance in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends, inter alia, that the trial court erred in granting the People’s request for a missing witness charge as to Lloyd Cook. We disagree.

Four police officers identified the defendant as the person who, at 3:15 p.m. on May 29, 1989, sold $10…