PEOPLE v. MURCHISON

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Feb 2, 2004

Judgment

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DECISION ORDER

ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.

The appellant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel rests primarily on matter which is dehors the record and therefore cannot be reviewed on direct appeal ( see Matter of James G., 309 A.D.2d 935; People v. Bennett, 284 A.D.2d 338; People v. Sanford, 121 A.D.2d 483). To the extent that we are able to review the claim of ineffective assistance, the defense counsel's performance met the standard of meaningful representation ( see People v. Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137).

RITTER, J.P., KRAUSMAN, TOWNES and COZIER, JJ., concur.