Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Eli Moore, Appellant
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2000-01-18
Citations: 268 A.D.2d 491
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eli Moore, Appellant.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 268
Pages: 491–491

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v Eli Moore, Appellant.
[701 NYS2d 642]

Opinion:
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (F. Rivera, J.), rendered September 23, 1998, convicting him of attempted grand larceny in the third degree and possession of burglar's tools, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The trial court properly denied the defendant's request for a missing witness charge based on the People's failure to call one of the police officers who had been at the scene of the crime. The defendant failed to make a prima facie showing that the witness could be expected to have knowledge about a material issue in the case or that his testimony would be favorable to the People (see, People v Macana, 84 NY2d 173; People v Smith, 254 AD2d 312). O'Brien, J. P., S. Miller, McGinity and Smith, JJ., concur.