People v. Cruz

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold Beeler, J., on speedy trial motion; Ronald Zweibel, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered September 2, 1997, convicting defendant of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 20 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s ineffective assistance claim rests primarily on matters dehors the record including questions of trial strategy. Although defendant included one branch of his present claim in a CPL 440.10 motion, that motion was denied, and leave to appeal to this Court was also denied. Accordingly, our review of…