Greenburg Farms, Inc. v. Landry

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• defendant killed neighbor for washing car and getting soapy water into defendant’s newly seeded lawn
• defendant killed neighbor for washing car and getting soapy water into defendant’s newly seeded lawn
• testimony of clinical psychologist that defendant’s behavior was consistent with someone in ‘‘transient, disassociative state’’ (internal quotation marks omitted)
• trial court’s reading of an incomplete jury instruction was reversible error in view of the fact that the state’s closing argument emphasized an issue that was not adequately covered by the instruction
• failure to instruct jury that extreme emotional distur- bance need not follow ‘‘a provoking or triggering event’’ was fatal to defendant’s ability to mount defense when his emotional disturbance purportedly arose over long period of time (internal quotation marks omitted)
• failure to instruct jury that extreme emotional distur- bance need not follow ‘‘a provoking or triggering event’’ was fatal to defendant’s ability to mount defense when his emotional disturbance purportedly arose over long period of time (internal quotation marks omitted)

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