Judgment reversed, on the law, and case remitted to the Criminal Term for resentencing in accordance with the views expressed herein.
We are of the view that the court was obligated on this record to order the physical examination provided for by section 207 of the Mental Hygiene Law before it imposed sentence (see People v. Sczerbaty,
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