The order of the Appellate Division should be reversed and the indictment dismissed, without prejudice to an application by the People for leave to resubmit.
In this prosecution for second degree murder, the trial court erred in submitting the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance over objection by the defense. As we held in People v DeGina (
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