Attorney Asks State Supreme To Reverse Conviction in Westminster Killing

Attorney Asks State Supreme To Reverse Conviction in Westminster Killing

A defense attorney for a man sentenced to death for killing a 13-year-old boy and wounding his teenage brother and cousin because he mistakenly thought they were in a rival gang argued Wednesday before the state Supreme Court that he should have the conviction overturned based on a prosecutor’s use of the defendant’s rap lyrics in his trial. Jason Alejandro Aguirre was sentenced to death in August 2009 for the Aug. 12, 2003, fatal shooting of Mi…