People v. McNair

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Molea, J.), rendered August 25, 2011, convicting him of assault in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The defendant’s claims of ineffective assistance of counsel cannot be reviewed on direct appeal because they are based on matter outside the record on appeal (see People v Rohlehr, 87 AD3d 603, 604 [2011]; People v Miller, 68 AD3d 1135, 1135 [2009]). “ ‘The appropriate vehicle ... to allege ineffective assistance of counsel grounded in…