Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant's contentions, the Supreme Court did not improvidently exercise its discretion in accepting the defendant's plea of guilty without sua sponte ordering a competency hearing pursuant to CPL 730.30. Although the defendant had been hospitalized in the past for psychological difficulties, the record contains no evidence that, with respect to the present matter, the defendant lacked the capacity to...
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