PEOPLE v. McKENZIE

No. 133.

19 N.Y.3d 463 (2012)

2012 NY Slip Op 5090

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, Respondent, v. DONYELL J. McKENZIE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided June 26, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy P. Donaher , Public Defender, Rochester ( James Eckert of counsel), for appellant.

Sandra Doorley , District Attorney, Rochester ( Leslie E. Swift of counsel), for respondent.

Judges CIPARICK, GRAFFEO, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur.


OPINION OF THE COURT

Chief Judge LIPPMAN.

Defendant was convicted of second degree murder upon evidence that he killed Tyffany Porter, his fiancée and paramour of some two years, by inflicting numerous knife wounds. Although he had sought to interpose the affirmative defense that his homicidal acts had been committed under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance for which there was a reasonable...

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