Overwhelming evidence at trial was that defendant and codefendant Javier Garcia forced their way into an apartment with the intention of committing a burglary, and in the course thereof defendant shot and killed an occupant of the apartment. Thus, the jury's determination of defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt of murder in the second degree is amply supported (People v Bleakley,
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