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John Marshall Mantel for The New York Times Yoselyn Ortega in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Friday.

Yoselyn Ortega, a nanny charged with fatally stabbing two children she cared for on the Upper West Side last October, appeared in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on Friday for the first time since her arrest. Ms. Ortega, 50, who had been unable to attend several prior court dates, was taken to court from the prison ward for psychiatric patients at Elmhurst Hospital Center in Queens. A psychiatric exam to evaluate her fitness to stand trial has not been completed. A large scar on her throat could be seen above the gray jumpsuit she wore. The authorities have said she turned a knife on herself after attacking Lucia Krim, 6, and Leo Krim, 2, in the bathtub of their apartment.