People v. Graham
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Feldman, J.), rendered May 29, 1996, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant’s contention that the trial court should have sua sponte ordered a competency hearing is without merit (see, CPL 730.30 [1]; People v Tortorici, 92 NY2d 757, cert denied 528 US 834). The determination as to whether to order a competency hearing is left to the sound discretion of the trial court. If there are reasonable grounds for believing…
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