Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
There is no merit to the defendant's contention that the Supreme Court should have sua sponte ordered her to undergo a psychiatric examination prior to accepting her plea of guilty. A defendant is not entitled, as a matter of right, to have the question of her capacity to stand trial passed upon before the commencement of the trial, if the court is satisfied from the available information that there is no proper basis...
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