People v. Blue

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Cassandra M. Mullen, J), rendered December 20, 2010, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing her, as a second felony drug offender, to a term of five years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims are generally unreviewable on direct appeal because they involve matters outside of, or not fully explained by, the record (see People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709 [1988]; People v Love, 57 NY2d 998 [1982]). These matters not only implicate…