The Georgia Supreme Court has upheld the murder conviction against Tunde Alatise, who was 16 years old in July 2006 when he was charged with killing a man at a Norcross apartment complex.
In 2007, a Gwinnett County jury convicted Alatise for the murder of Aurelio German Mendoza-Garcia at the Bristol Court apartments. Alatise, one of three teens charged in the killing, was sentenced to life in prison. The motive was robbery, police said.
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