People v. Valdez

Opinion by

JUDGE WEBB

¶ 1 A jury convicted Anton Jose Valdez of first degree murder after deliberation and several other charges arising from the robbery of a jewelry store during which one of the two hooded robbers shot and killed the owner. Valdez did not testify but defended based on misidentification. On the first degree murder count, the trial court sentenced him to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole. On the aggravated robbery count, the court imposed a consecutive sentence of thirty-two years in the custody of the Department of Corrections. It imposed concurrent sentences…