Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, 2004

People v. Minson

People v. Minson
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York · Decided January 20, 2004
3 A.D.3d 540; 770 N.Y.S.2d 632; 2004 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 476
People v. Minson

Opinion of the Court

*541Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Spires, J.), rendered February 16, 2000, convicting him of murder 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 denied the defendant’s request for a missing witness charge, since the record demonstrates that the witness in question was not knowledgeable about any material issue (see People v Welch, 307 AD2d 776, 777-778 [2003], lv denied 100 NY2d 625 [2003]).

The “Unusual Occurrence Report” and the “Homicide Analysis Report” did not constitute Brady material (see Brady v Maryland, 373 US 83 [1963]) since the information contained in the reports was not exculpatory. In any event, assuming that the reports constituted Brady material, the defendant was provided with them at a time when he had a meaningful opportunity to use them (see People v Cortijo, 70 NY2d 868, 870 [1987]; People v Barnes, 200 AD2d 751, 752 [1994]).

The defendant’s remaining contentions either are unpreserved for appellate review or without merit. Altman, J.P., Goldstein, Crane and Mastro, JJ., concur.

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