People v. Urena

— Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Harold J. Rothwax, J.), rendered February 28, 1990, convicting defendant, after a jury trial, of murder in the second degree, and sentencing him to a term of imprisonment of 25 years to life, unanimously affirmed.

Overwhelming evidence at trial was that defendant and co-defendant 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…