Two men charged in the fatal shooting of an NJIT student during a burglary at his fraternity house have pleaded not guilty to felony murder and other charges.

Irvington resident Nafee Cotman, 19, and Newark resident Taquan Harris, 22, entered their pleas during a court hearing Monday. Harris unsuccessfully sought to replace his public defender during the hearing, telling the judge "he ain't got my best interests at heart."

The men remained jailed on $1 million bail each. They face murder, robbery, burglary and weapons charges.

The charges against them stem from the May 2 death of Joseph Micalizzi, a 23-year-old Freehold resident killed at the Tau Kappa Epsilon house. Micalizzi was a mechanical engineering major.