People v. McLane

*701OPINION OF THE COURT

Budd G. Goodman, J.

QUESTIONS PRESENTED

When a psychiatrist appointed pursuant to County Law § 722-c realizes that a case involves a defendant who has a history of brain dysfunction resulting from a prior gunshot wound to the head and knows, as he later acknowledges, that he lacks a detailed understanding of the relationship of various brain structures to emotions and behavior, what is the psychiatrist’s professional obligation to defendant and to the court? What is the appropriate judicial response to a breach of such professional obligations?

After a psychiatrist appointed…