a reasonable explanation or excuse. The reasonableness of that explanation or excuse is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be.3 The affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance has three principal components.4
a reasonable explanation or excuse. The reasonableness of that explanation or excuse is to be determined from the viewpoint of a person in the defendant's situation under the circumstances as the defendant believed them to be.3 The affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance has three principal components.4