The single issue presented is whether the defendant's conviction of murder in the second degree ought to be reduced to one for first degree manslaughter. In support of the reduction sought, the defendant maintains that the evidence adduced at his trial established that when he assaulted his wife inflicting the injuries which caused her death he did so under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance...
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