People v. Abreu

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Dolan, J.), rendered January 26, 2000, convicting him of assault in the first degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A determination by the hearing court as to whether a defendant is fit to proceed is accorded great deference (see People v Mendez, 297 AD2d 291 [2002]; People v Martin, 291 AD2d 459 [2002], lv denied 98 NY2d 653 [2002]; People v Cox, *686196 AD2d 596, 597 [1993]). Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the hearing court correctly determined that…