Alatise v. State

Melton, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Tunde Alatise appeals his conviction for the felony murder and aggravated assault of Aurelio German Mendoza-Garcia,1 contending that the trial court made a number of evidentiary errors. For the reasons set forth below, we affirm.

*4291. Viewed in the light most favorable to the verdict, the record shows that, at around 9:30 p.m. on the evening of July 8, 2006, Guadalupe Diaz noticed two black men walk behind the blue Mustang in which Mendoza-Garcia was sitting at the Bristol Court Apartments. Diaz went inside, but returned five minutes later when she heard a…