The court providently exercised its discretion in denying defendant's request for a missing witness charge as to a "ghost" undercover officer. The trial evidence only established that, from a sufficient distance away to avoid being seen, the ghost was monitoring and broadcasting the purchasing undercover officer's location and movements. Any testimony by the ghost on that subject would have been cumulative. Defendant failed to make a prima facie showing that the ghost was...
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