People v. Parmes

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Richmond County (Broomer, J.), rendered July 16, 1982, convicting him of murder in the second degree, attempted murder in the second degree, and *659criminal possession of a weapon in the fourth degree, after a nonjury trial, and imposing sentence.

Judgment affirmed.

At trial, the defense was lack of criminal responsibility by reason of a mental disease or defect. The defendant’s expert witness testified that because the defendant suffered from the relatively rare form of mental illness known as "intermittent explosive disorder” at the…