This case presents an application, novel in New York, of the so-called missing witness inference to a situation where the witness has asserted his Fifth Amendment privilege and rendered himself unavailable. Defendant's request to deliver a missing witness charge in this circumstance is granted.
The People called Barry Allen on their direct case. Mr. Allen was one of the four youths...
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