DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the trial court erred in not giving a missing witness charge to the jury. However, the defendant did not raise in the Supreme Court any of the substantive arguments concerning corroboration and noncumulative testimony which he now raises on appeal. Therefore, the defendant's contentions are unpreserved for appellate review ( see CPL 470.05; People v. Turriago, 90 N.Y.2d 77; People v. Porter, 268 A.D.2d 538). In any event, the defendant cannot meet his burden of establishing prima facie entitlement to a missing witness charge ( see People v. Kitching, 78 N.Y.2d 532; People v. Gonzalez, 68 N.Y.2d 424) . There is no evidence that the witness had knowledge of a material issue or could provide noncumulative testimony. A missing witness charge therefore was not warranted.
The defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel, to the extent that it is premised on his trial counsel's alleged failure to call potential alibi witnesses, involves matters which are dehors the record and are not properly presented on direct appeal ( see People v. Boyd, 244 A.D.2d 497). Moreover, it is clear from the record that the defense counsel's decision not to object to certain testimony regarding the circumstances of the defendant's arrest was part of his trial strategy ( see, People v. Benevento, 91 N.Y.2d 708). The record otherwise fails to supports the defendant's claim since it demonstrates that trial counsel rendered meaningful representation to the defendant at all stages of the proceedings ( see People v. Benevento, supra).
SANTUCCI, J.P., S. MILLER, McGINITY and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.