The record on appeal fails to disclose whether a psychiatric examination of the defendant had been made and a report thereof submitted to the court prior to the imposition of sentence in accordance with section 2189-a of the Penal Law. (L. 1950, ch. 525, § 23; see, also, § 18.) The legality and propriety of the sentence is a matter subject to review upon this appeal. If a psychiatric examination was made and reported in accordance with the aforesaid statutory provisions...
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