People v. Olsen
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Delligatti, J.), rendered December 1, 2014, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
Contrary to the defendant’s contention, the Supreme Court was not required to obtain from him an affirmative waiver of the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance (see People v Harris, 109 AD2d 351 [1985]).
Furthermore, reduction of the defendant’s conviction to manslaughter based upon the application of the affirmative defense of…
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