Judgment affirmed.
Defendant was convicted of murder in the second degree pursuant to subdivision 3 of section 125.25 of the Penal Law, commonly known as felony murder. The aforesaid section contains an exception which affords a defendant "an opportunity to fight his way out of a felony charge by persuading a jury, by way of affirmative defense, that he not only had nothing to do with the killing itself but was unarmed and had no idea that any of his confederates...
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