Having failed to seek postjudgment relief, defendant's appellate challenge to the effectiveness of trial representation is unreviewable on the present record (People v Jones, 55 N.Y.2d 771, 773). Defendant's appellate argument fails to demonstrate that there was no reasonable explanation for counsel's decisions, or that counsel's representation, on its face, lacked strategic value (People v Rivera, 71 N.Y.2d 705, 709). On the present state of the record, we cannot conclude that defendant was denied meaningful representation (People v Baldi, 54 N.Y.2d 137, 147).
Concur — Murphy, P.J., Sullivan, Rosenberger and Kassal, JJ.