The court properly declined to submit to the jury the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance. There was insufficient evidence, viewed in a light most favorable to defendant, from which the jury could find, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the elements of that defense were satisfied (see People v Roche,
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