PEOPLE v. ALEXANDER

2595, 2794/07

72 A.D.3d 559 (2010)

900 N.Y.S.2d 261

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. PAUL ALEXANDER, Appellant.

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

Decided April 22, 2010.


Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claims, including those raised in his pro se supplemental brief, are unreviewable on direct appeal because they involve counsel's strategic decisions and other matters outside the record (see People v Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705, 709 [1988]; People v Love, 57 N.Y.2d 998 [1982]). On the existing record, to the extent it permits review, we...

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