The court properly found defendant competent to stand trial following a CPL 730.30 hearing. The court appropriately weighed the conflicting psychiatric testimony, the lack of objective proof of defendant's incapacity other than defendant's own statements to the psychiatrists, and defendant's demeanor and behavior in making its determination that the People had proven by a preponderance of the evidence that defendant had the capacity to stand trial (see, People v...
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