People v. Gonzalez

Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Marcy L. Kahn, J. at suppression hearing; Ruth Pickholz, J. at jury trial and sentencing), rendered November 6, 2014, convicting defendant of criminal sale of a controlled substance in the third degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony drug offender previously convicted of a violent felony, to a term of 6 years, 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]),…