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People v. Bello

238 A.D.2d 434, 657 N.Y.S.2d 347, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3778
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York·Decided April 14, 1997·Published

Opinion

—Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Ferdinand, J.), rendered May 11, 1994, convicting him of murder in the second degree, upon a jury verdict, and imposing sentence.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

The jury was free to reject the defendant’s affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance (see, People v Maher, 89 NY2d 456; People v Ayala, 221 AD2d 457; People v David, 143 AD2d 1031; see also, People v Casassa, 49 NY2d 668, cert denied 449 US 842).

The defendant’s remaining contentions are without merit. Miller, J. P., Sullivan, Santucci and Joy, JJ., concur.

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People v. Bello, 238 A.D.2d 434, 657 N.Y.S.2d 347, 1997 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 3778 (N.Y. Ct. App. 1997).

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