Opinion ID: 2625366
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Defendant's Use of an Alias

Text: The trial evidence showed that defendant often identified himself as Jose Serrano Reyna. He used that alias when he purchased the gun used to shoot victim Castillo as well as during other gun purchases, and he identified himself by that name to various officers and other persons. Defendant complains that whatever factual dispute might have existed on the alias issue was obliterated by the court's frequent recitation, both in reading the information to the jury, and in the verdict forms themselves, that defendant Omar Fuentes Martinez was also known as Jose Serrano Reyna. The Attorney General contends that because defendant never objected to these frequent recitations, he thereby waived the point. Although defendant argues that objections to instructions and verdict forms were unnecessary (see § 1259), he points to no contested issue whatever regarding his using an aliasthe record indicates the evidence was uncontradicted on the matter. We see no prejudicial error in the court's recitations.