State v. DeJesus

OPINION

Justice FLAHERTY,

for the Court.

“Who knows himself a braggart, Let him fear this[,] for it will come to pass[,] That every braggart shall be found an ass.” 1 The defendant Jose DeJesus 2 appeals the judgments of conviction for murder (count 1), first-degree robbery (count 2), discharging a firearm during the commission of a crime of violence with death resulting (count 3), carrying a pistol without a license (count 4), and possessing a firearm after a previous conviction for a crime of violence (count 5).

On April 11, 2003, Mauricio Flores, the operator of a small family business in the…