The hearing court properly denied defense counsel's request for a new CPL article 730 exam, which was based on defendant's inappropriate behavior at the hearing. Likewise, there was no need for the plea court to make any further inquiry into defendant's mental condition. Nothing in the record casts doubt on defendant's mental competency (see Pate v Robinson,
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