People v. Cooper

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Suffolk County (Hudson, J.), rendered January 13, 2010, convicting him of attempted assault in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

To the extent that the defendant’s claim of ineffective assistance of counsel involves matter dehors the record, it may not be reviewed on direct appeal (see People v Sweeney, 84 AD3d 1123 [2011]; People v Smalls, 84 AD3d 1122 [2011]; People v Wahhab, 84 AD3d 982 [2011]). To the extent that the claim may be reviewed, defense counsel…