The court properly declined to charge the jury on the affirmative defense of extreme emotional disturbance (EED). The evidence was insufficient, viewed in the light most favorable to defendant, to support a finding that at the time he killed the victim, defendant was actually under the influence of EED (see People v Roche,
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