Defendant fatally stabbed his girlfriend on April 7, 1986. At trial, he presented medical testimony of two psychiatrists in order to advance the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance. On appeal defendant contends that, based on that expert testimony, the jury should have concluded that defendant committed the crime while under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance, and should have convicted defendant of first degree manslaughter as opposed to intentional...
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