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Sec. 53a-54a. Murder.
(a) A person is guilty of murder when, with intent to cause
the death of another person, he causes the death of such person
or of a third person or causes a suicide by force, duress or
deception; except that in any prosecution under this subsection,
it shall be an affirmative defense that the defendant committed
the proscribed act or acts under the influence of extreme emotional
disturbance for which there was a reasonable explanation or excuse,
the reasonableness of which 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, provided nothing contained
in this subsection shall constitute a defense to a prosecution
for, or preclude a conviction of, manslaughter in the first degree
or any other crime.
(b) Evidence that the defendant suffered from a mental disease,
mental defect or other mental abnormality is admissible, in a
prosecution under subsection (a) of this section, on the question
of whether the defendant acted with intent to cause the death
of another person.
(c) Murder is punishable as a class A felony in accordance
with subdivision (2) of section 53a-35a unless it is a capital
felony or murder under section 53a-54d.
See Murder. Legally, a person makes an attempt to a crime when
they act or cause an act to occur which would lead to the desired
effect.
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