People v. Dantzler

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Holdman, J.), rendered November 3, 2006, convicting him of assault in the second degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court properly granted the People’s request for a missing witness charge with respect to the defendant’s mother since, according to the defendant’s own testimony, she was sufficiently knowledgeable about his whereabouts at the time…