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PEOPLE v. DOCKERY

174 A.D.2d 432 (1991)

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Earl Dockery, Appellant

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

June 13, 1991

Defendant was convicted by a jury of the fatal beating, with a rock, of a wheelchair-bound, elderly man. At sentencing, the trial court denied defense counsel's request for an adjournment to conduct a psychiatric evaluation of defendant in aid of sentence. The trial court had ample opportunity to observe defendant's demeanor during the course of the trial, and to conclude that such an examination was unnecessary.

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