People v. Rodriguez

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Peter J. Benitez, J.), rendered July 12, 2012, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of two counts of murder in the second degree, and sentencing her to concurrent terms of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims are unreviewable on direct appeal because they involve matters not reflected in, or fully explained by, the record (see People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709 [1988]; People v Love, 57 NY2d 998 [1982]). Accordingly, since defendant has not made a CPL 440.10 motion, the merits of the…