People v. Doria

Appeal by defendant from a judgment of conviction rendered against him on a jury verdict after trial in the County Court of Franklin County convicting him of the crime of rape in the first degree. The record on appeal fails to disclose whether a psychiatric examination of the defendant had been made and a report thereof submitted to the court prior to the imposition of sentence in accordance with section 2189-a of the Penal Law. (L. 1950, eh. 525, § 23; see, also, § 18.) The legality and propriety of the sentence is a matter subject to review upon this appeal. If a psychiatric examination was…