Memorandum:
On appeal from a judgment convicting him, upon his plea of guilty, of manslaughter in the first degree (Penal Law § 125.20 [1]), defendant contends that County Court abused its discretion in failing sua sponte to order a second competency hearing before he entered his guilty plea. We reject that contention (see People v Tortorici,
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