People v. Ward

— Judgment, Supreme Court, Rockland County (Thomas A. Breslin, J.), rendered November 15, 2012, convicting defendant, upon her guilty plea, of aggravated harassment in the second degree, and sentencing her to three years’ probation, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s claim that a special prosecutor should have been appointed is unpreserved, and we decline to review it in the interest of justice. As an alternative holding, we find no basis for reversal.

Defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims are unreviewable on direct appeal because they involve matters outside, or not fully…