Since defendant's ineffective assistance claim primarily involves matters dehors the record, including questions of strategy and consultations between defendant and her counsel, it would require a CPL 440.10 motion in order to expand the record. To the extent the existing record permits review, it establishes that trial counsel provided meaningful representation (see, People v Benevento,
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