People v. Towles

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Leahy, J.), rendered April 30, 1991, convicting him of crimi: nal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, criminal possession of a weapon in the third degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

Contrary to the defendant’s contentions, the trial court properly denied the defendant’s application for a "missing witness” charge with respect to a "friend” who was present when the deceased had initially…