Contreras v. State

JOINER, Judge.

Ramiro Delreal Contreras was convicted of felony murder, see § 13A-6-2(a)(3), Ala.Code 1975, as a lesser-included offense of capital murder.1 Contreras was sentenced to 50 years' imprisonment and was ordered to pay court costs and a $50 crime-victims-compensation assessment. We affirm.

On the morning of May 2, 2012, Vanessa Zapata got ready for work and briefly saw her four-year-old daughter Ava, who was eating breakfast. Zapata left for work sometime before 9:00 a.m., leaving Ava in the care of her boyfriend Contreras.

At trial, Zapata testified that around 1:30 p.m., she came…