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PEOPLE v. MENDEZ

1 N.Y.3d 15 (2003)

801 N.E.2d 382

769 N.Y.S.2d 162

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JACQUELINE MENDEZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Decided October 23, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gerald E. Bodell, Westport, Connecticut, for appellant.

Jeanine Pirro, District Attorney, White Plains (Lisa Colosi Florio, Richard Longworth Hecht and Richard E. Weill of counsel), for respondent.

Chief Judge KAYE and Judges G.B. SMITH, CIPARICK, GRAFFEO and READ concur.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROSENBLATT, J.

After an argument, defendant killed her boyfriend with a kitchen knife, resulting in her conviction for manslaughter in the first degree and criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree. We are confronted with the question of her competency to stand trial, given her long history of mental illness and hospitalizations.

Supreme Court ordered competency examinations...

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