Appeal held in abeyance pending proceedings in accordance with the following memorandum: In our opinion, defendant's commitment to Dannemora State Hospital after his guilty pleas and the sentencing, combined with his prior history of episodic mental illness and institutionalization, raises a question as to his competency at the time of those proceedings and he is entitled to a hearing thereon (People v. Lyall,
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