Mr. Aleman and his codefendant, Mr. Medrano, were ratted out by a mutual friend and Medrano's babymamma. The result of this rodent infestation was that both men went down for first degree murder, along with other crimes. They appealed their convictions.
The Second District affirms.
I do not know why this opinion was ordered published. Not that it is defective in any way, but IMEO there is really nothing new here. The initial issue involves a series of Batson challenges which are not novel, simply a prosecutor excusing prospective black and latino jurors who said things that could be taken as pro-defense. This gives way to allegations of erroneous evidentiary rulings involving a writing that was admitted by the defense (over the State's objection), which the panel quickly dispatches under the doctrine that a party may not invite error.
The final issue is whether Aleman was correctly convicted and sentenced of both first degree murder and attempted murder of the deceased. Since the evidence showed Aleman walked up to the victim's car and fired, and then, after the victim drove off, Aleman walked to his friends truck and took off after the victim, eventually firing the fatal shots two miles down the road, he was properly convicted and sentenced for both crimes.
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