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The Facts that a Witness Had Given a Statement to the Police and Was on the People’s Witness List Did Not Demonstrate the People Had Control Over the Witness—Request for Missing Witness Charge Properly Denied

The Second Department determined Supreme Court properly denied defendant’s request for a missing witness charge for the defendant’s roommate, who had witnessed the shooting and had given a statement to the police during the initial investigation.  The facts that the roommate had given a statement and was placed on the People’s witness list did not demonstrate control over the witness. Without evidence of such control (for example, a material witness order) a missing witness charge is not appropriate:

…[T]he roommate was not under the People’s control at the time of trial by virtue of having provided a statement to the police during the initial investigation stage of the case. In addition, control cannot be found from the People’s placement of the roommate on their witness list, as their wish for his testimony is not indicia of having control over him. There was no material witness order. Indeed, the record contains no evidence that the People’s relationship with the defendant’s roommate gave them any more control over him at trial than the defendant may have had himself.  People v Roseboro, 2015 NY Slip Op 03192, 2nd Dept 4-15-15

 

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