People v. Grinan

Judgment of Supreme Court, Bronx County (Gerald Sheindlin, J.), rendered October 8, 1987, convicting defendant, after trial by jury, of murder in the second degree and sentencing him to an indeterminate term of 15 years to life in prison, is unanimously affirmed.

Defendant fatally stabbed his girlfriend on April 7, 1986. At trial, he presented medical testimony of two psychiatrists in order to advance the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance. On appeal defendant contends that, based on that expert testimony, the jury should have concluded that defendant committed the crime…