Opinion
Submitted September 7, 1999
October 18, 1999
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Mullen, J.).
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed.
To the extent that the defendant's claim of ineffective assistance of counsel is premised upon the defense counsel' s failure to present certain evidence at the pretrial hearing, it involves matters which are dehors the record and are not properly presented on direct appeal (see, People v. Boyd, 244 A.D.2d 497). Insofar as we are able to review the defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claim, we find that the defense counsel's performance amply met the standard of meaningful representation (see, People v. Ellis, 81 N.Y.2d 854).
Upon the exercise of our factual review power, we are satisfied that the verdict of guilt was not against the weight of the evidence (see, CPL 470.15).
The defendant's remaining contentions, including those raised in his supplemental pro se brief, are either unpreserved for appellate review or without merit.
BRACKEN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, McGINITY, and SCHMIDT, JJ., concur.