People v. Lyons

—Appeal by the defendant from an amended judgment of the County Court, Dutchess County (Dolan, J.), rendered May 23, 2002, revoking a sentence of probation previously imposed by the same court, upon his admission that he violated a condition thereof, and imposing a sentence of imprisonment upon his previous conviction of criminally negligent homicide.

Ordered that the amended judgment is affirmed.

The defendant contends that he was denied the effective assistance of counsel because his attorney failed to request a competency examination to determine his capacity to assist in his own defense.…