People v. Alexander

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Gregory Carro, J.), rendered July 17, 2008, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of bribery in the third degree and unlawful possession of marijuana, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to an aggregate term of 3 to 6 years, unanimously affirmed.

Defendant’s ineffective assistance of counsel claims, including those raised in his pro se supplemental brief, are unreviewable on direct appeal because they involve counsel’s strategic decisions and other matters outside the record (see People v Rivera, 71 NY2d 705, 709 [1988]; People v Love,…