People v Bennett
2009 NY Slip Op 05357 [63 AD3d 1086]
June 23, 2009
Appellate Division, Second Department
As corrected through Wednesday, August 5, 2009


The People of the State of New York,Respondent,
v
Michael Bennett, Also Known as "Freddie,"Appellant.

[*1]Jason M. Bernheimer, Katonah, N.Y., for appellant.

Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff, Richard LongworthHecht, and Anthony J. Servino of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County(Zambelli, J.), rendered May 22, 2007, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon hisplea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant's contention that the County Court should have, suasponte, ordered additional competency examinations and another competency hearing pursuantto CPL 730.30 (see People v Cook, 46 AD3d 1427, 1428 [2007]; People vArvelo, 16 AD3d 128, 129 [2005]; People v King, 12 AD3d 532, 533 [2004]).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit. Fisher, J.P., Florio, Covello andDickerson, JJ., concur.


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