Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the court erred in failing to sua sponte conduct a hearing on the issue of the defendant's right to be present and to meaningfully assist in his own defense because the defendant was continually lapsing into unconsciousness during the trial. We disagree.
The only evidence of the defendant's incapacity was his counsel's statements that the defendant dozed off at two
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