During a competency hearing conducted pursuant to CPL 730.30 (subd 4) the defendant was voir dired by the court over objection by defense counsel. The issue at bar is whether this questioning of an unsworn defendant, in order to assist the court in determining the defendant's fitness to proceed, violated his constitutional rights under the Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution and section 6 of article I of the...
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