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PEOPLE v. COLLETTA

2011-00414.

106 A.D.3d 927 (2013)

964 N.Y.S.2d 659

2013 NY Slip Op 3496

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MATTHEW COLLETTA, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 15, 2013.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

A defendant found competent to stand trial has the ultimate authority, even over counsel's objection, to reject the use of a psychiatric defense (see People v Petrovich, 87 N.Y.2d 961, 963 [1996]; People v Constas, 59 A.D.3d 729, 730 [2009]; People v Ciborowski, 302 A.D.2d 620, 622 [2003]). The defendant...

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