People v. Aponte

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (Robert G. Seewald, J.), rendered February 7, 2000, convicting defendant, upon his plea of guilty, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of 15 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

The court properly found defendant competent to stand trial following a hearing. The court properly weighed the conflicting psychiatric reports and testimony, as well as its own observations of defendant, in concluding that the Feople had proven defendant’s competence by a preponderance of the evidence (see People v Mendez, 1 NY3d 15, 20 [2003]). Theré was…