New York Court of Appeals
The People of the State of New York, Respondent v. Carlos Savinon, Appellant
June 5, 2003100 N.Y.2d 192
Summary
The Court affirmed the conviction, holding that the trial court properly gave a missing‑witness adverse inference instruction because the defendant’s friend Camacho was both available and under the defendant’s control, satisfying the Gonzalez preconditions.