Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.
The defendant contends that the trial court erred by responding to a jury note requesting the definition of the term to "enter" a dwelling, by adapting the definition set forth in a prior legal opinion. However, a trial court may quote from prior opinions "where the quoted language artfully expresses general and well-recognized legal principles" (People v Hommel,
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