PEOPLE v. KIRSHTEIN


261 A.D.2d 639 (1999)

691 N.Y.S.2d 72

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. MICHAEL KIRSHTEIN, Appellant.

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

Decided May 24, 1999.


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The trial court did not err in denying the defendant's request to charge the jury that he need not present psychiatric or psychological evidence to establish the defense of extreme emotional disturbance. In giving a jury charge the trial court must state the material legal principles applicable to the case (CPL 300.10 [2]; see also, People v Turton, 221 A.D.2d 671; People v James...

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