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- Title: People State New York v. Gordon G. Patterson
- Author : Court of Appeals of New York
- Release Date : January 01, 1976
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 78 KB
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[39 N.Y.2d 288 Page 291] The principal issue on this appeal is whether, in a murder prosecution, constitutional due process limitations are invaded by placing the burden of persuasion on a defendant with respect to the defense of acting under the influence of extreme emotional disturbance in order to reduce the homicide to the less culpable crime of manslaughter in the first degree.