Valdivia v. State

CARLEY, Justice.

After a jury trial, Ambrocio Valdivia was convicted of two counts of malice murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. The trial court sentenced Valdivia to two life sentences for the murders and to a consecutive 20-year term of imprisonment for aggravated assault. Valdivia filed a motion for new trial, after the denial of which he now brings this appeal. *

1. The three victims were attending a party at an apartment complex. They knocked on the door of Valdivia’s unit, in the mistaken belief that they could buy beer at that location. Prosecution witnesses…