Alvelo v. State

BENHAM, Justice.

Appellant Stephen Alvelo was convicted of the malice murder of Walter Cooper, the aggravated assaults and false imprisonments of Melissa Williams and Joey Freitag, possession of a knife during the commission of a crime, and concealing a death.1 He brings this appeal from the trial court’s denial of his amended motion for new trial, following this Court’s remand of the case to the trial court. See Alvelo v. State, 288 Ga. 437 (704 SE2d 787) (2011).

Walter Cooper’s body was found wrapped in a comforter under a mattress on the front porch of a house he shared with appellant and…