PEOPLE v. JACKSON


60 A.D.3d 599 (2009)

___ N.Y.S.2d ___

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. JOHN JACKSON, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, First Department.

Decided March 31, 2009.


The hearing court properly found that defendant was competent to stand trial since he was able to "consult with his lawyer with a reasonable degree of rational understanding" and had a "rational as well as factual understanding of the proceedings against him" (People v Francabandera, 33 N.Y.2d 429, 436 [1974], quoting Dusky v United States, 362 U.S. 402 [1960] [internal quotation marks omitted...

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