People v Bennett

People v Bennett 2009 NY Slip Op 05357 [63 AD3d 1086] June 23, 2009 Appellate Division, Second Department Published by New York State Law Reporting Bureau pursuant to Judiciary Law § 431. As corrected through Wednesday, August 5, 2009

The People of the State of New York, Respondent,
v
Michael Bennett, Also Known as "Freddie," Appellant.

—[*1] Jason M. Bernheimer, Katonah, N.Y., for appellant.

Janet DiFiore, District Attorney, White Plains, N.Y. (Laurie Sapakoff, Richard Longworth Hecht, and Anthony J. Servino of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the County Court, Westchester County (Zambelli, J.), rendered May 22, 2007, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

There is no merit to the defendant's contention that the County Court should have, sua sponte, ordered additional competency examinations and another competency hearing pursuant to CPL 730.30 (see People v Cook, 46 AD3d 1427, 1428 [2007]; People v Arvelo, 16 AD3d 128, 129 [2005]; People v King, 12 AD3d 532, 533 [2004]).

The defendant's remaining contentions are without merit. Fisher, J.P., Florio, Covello and Dickerson, JJ., concur.