Opinion
March 31, 1992
Appeal from the Supreme Court, New York County (Richard B. Lowe, III, J.).
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.