Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York November 8, 2007 (People v. DeJesus)

Crew III, J.

Appeal from a judgment of the County Court of Columbia County (Czajka, J.), rendered August 31, 2005, upon a verdict convicting defendant of the crimes of murder in the second degree and burglary in the second degree.

In the early morning hours of November 1, 2004, defendant and four others went to the home of Henry Gropp for the purpose of stealing money.