State v. Valdez

DURHAM, Justice:

Defendant appeals from two first degree murder convictions for the deaths of Carolyn Swan, defendant’s former girlfriend, and her son, Christopher. Defendant was Christopher’s putative father. Following a jury trial, defendant was sentenced to two consecutive terms of life imprisonment.

In this appeal, defendant raises six claims of reversible error: (1) insufficiency of the evidence to prove all of the elements of first degree murder in the death of Christopher Swan, (2) insufficiency of the evidence to establish either of the aggravating circumstances charged in the death of…