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PEOPLE v. HANNAH

59 A.D.3d 307 (2009)

873 N.Y.S.2d 606

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. WALTER HANNAH, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided February 24, 2009.

Defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is unreviewable on direct appeal since it involves matters outside the record concerning his counsel's strategy (see People v Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705, 709 [1988]). Defendant argues that when, on two occasions, his attorney opened the door to uncharged crimes evidence that had been precluded, these actions could only have been the product of mistake and poor preparation rather than...

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