Lahtinen, J.
During the course of an armed robbery of an auto supply store by petitioner and Luis Torres in December 1978, a New York City police officer, who was unaware of what was transpiring, walked into the store to inquire about a nearby double parked car and was shot and killed by Torres. Petitioner was eventually convicted in 1980 of, among other crimes, felony murder (People v Costello,
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