Judgment unanimously affirmed.
Memorandum:
The record supports the determination of County Court, following a hearing, that defendant was competent to proceed to trial. The court was entitled to reject the contrary opinions of the psychiatric examiners, where those opinions were based solely upon the assertions of defendant that he was unable to recall the events resulting in the murder charge (see generally, People v Goodell,
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