Where the issue of an accused's fitness to be tried was raised but not determined at trial, the appellate court applies the same test as where fitness is raised for the first time on appeal: the conviction must be set aside unless the court is satisfied the trial court could not reasonably have found the accused unfit. Fresh psychiatric evidence establishing a real and substantial concern about fitness is sufficient to demonstrate miscarriage of justice without the need to show error by the trial judge.
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