Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant was charged, inter alia, with two counts of murder in the first degree in connection with the killing of his girlfriend and her daughter. At trial, the defendant asserted the affirmative defense of lack of criminal responsibility by reason of mental disease or defect (Penal Law § 40.15). The jury, implicitly rejecting the affirmative defense, convicted the defendant of both counts of murder in the first degree...
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