Legal Opinion
People v. Rivers
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Decided October 9, 2007PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*392Appeal from judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (James A. Yates, J, at CPL article 730 proceedings; Ronald A. Zweibel, J., at jury trial and sentence), rendered July 14, 2004, convicting defendant of robbery in the second degree, and sentencing him, as a second felony offender, to a term of 15 years, held in abeyance, and the matter remanded to Supreme Court, New York County for a hearing as to whether defendant was an incapacitated person at the time of his trial, in accordance with the decision herein.
The court had no discretion to dispense with a competency hearing where it had issued…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- People v. PenaAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1998
- People v. DugginsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1988
3Cited by3 opinions
- In re Justin L.New York City Family Court · 2017
- People v. DelsolAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2015
- People v. RiversAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 2009