People v. Santer

Judgment Supreme Court, New York County (Brenda Soloff, J.), rendered March 10, 2004, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of tampering with physical evidence in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of IV2 to 3 years, unanimously affirmed.

Since defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claim turns on matters outside the record, including counsel’s specific advice to defendant concerning the immigration consequences of his plea, it is not reviewable on direct appeal and would require a further record to be developed by way of a CPL 440.10…