PEOPLE v. WASHINGTON

8586, 7117/02.

171 A.D.3d 458 (2019)

97 N.Y.S.3d 116

2019 NY Slip Op 02610

The People of the State of New York, Respondent, v. Rovell Washington, Appellant.

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

Decided April 4, 2019.


The court properly found defendant fit to proceed to trial following CPL article 730 examinations. Defendant's answers to questions about the legal process showed that he "evinced an understanding of the purpose of a trial, the actors in a trial, their roles, the nature of the charges against him, and the severity of a potential conviction and sentence" (People v Phillips, 16 N.Y.3d 510, 518 [2011]). Defendant had a psychiatric history...

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