Defendant's current claims of error regarding various comments and instructions to the jury by the trial court are unpreserved (CPL 470.05). In any event, the trial court's comments to the jury panel regarding the proposed affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance were appropriate, and the final charge to the jury regarding attempted murder in the second degree, which included full initial and supplemental instructions regarding the affirmative defense conveyed...
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