When getAliasInfoFromAddress was written, it was the only function used to query at the /address/ endpoint. So, it made sense to handle the address validation there. Now that this endpoint makes two separate database queries, the address validation should be handled before each query -- and it is, in the endpoint handling function defined in app.js
Remove address validation from getAliasInfoFromAddress as this function is only used by the /address/ endpoint handler defined in app.js and this handler already performs address validation.