Galante Romer Phillips - Florida
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Christopher Aligada
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Summary of Offense:
A Duval County jury took less than two hours to convict a man accused of gunning down a Westside lumber store employee who was trying to stop the armed robbery of a co-worker. Galante Phillips was convicted of first-degree murder and armed robbery in the 2005 shooting death of Christopher Aligada. The shooting happened outside Builders First Source on Roosevelt Boulevard, where Aligada worked. Police said the robber was holding up another employee at gunpoint, but when Aligada approached the scene, the bandit opened fire, killing him. Almost a year after the fatal shooting, police said a tip led them to arrest Phillips.
Phillips' trial began with the testimony of the man police said was being robbed when Aligada stepped in to help. Wilbert Sweet told the jury it was Phillips who shot and killed his friend and co-worker outside Builders First Source. "Mr. Galante Phillips was right there with a gun," said Sweet. "He pointed it at me and demanded my money."
Phillips was sentenced to death in Duval County on September 20, 2008.