GREENBERG, J.
This appeal raises the issues of the circumstances under which the question of a defendant's competence to stand trial requires an evidentiary hearing pursuant to G.L.c. 123, § 15, as appearing in St. 1986, c. 599. Section 15 (a) authorizes a court house examination of a defendant to be conducted by "one or more qualified physicians or psychologists" and § 15(c) provides that "[a]t the conclusion of the examination ... [the examiner...
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