Nathaniel Scott appeals his convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of Edward Nurse. He challenges his convictions on multiple grounds: that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdicts; that the prosecutor made improper statements in closing argument; that the trial court failed to cure the prejudice resulting from the prosecutor’s improper statements; that a witness’s immunity agreement was improperly sent to the jury during deliberations; that the trial court twice delivered improper Allen charges to the jury; that the trial court provided incomplete instructions regarding aggravated assault and the defense of alibi; that trial counsel rendered ineffective assistance; and that the trial court erred in denying his motion for new trial. For the reasons which follow, we find the challenges to be without merit, and we affirm.1 The evidence, construed in favor of the verdicts, showed the following. On the morning of July 20, 2007, Nurse stopped at a gas station and convenience store on Martin Luther King, Jr. Drive in southwest Atlanta. Nathaniel Scott “Scott” and his cousin Deonta Scott “Deonta” were already at the location. Before Nurse could exit his vehicle, Scott shot him in the head through the passenger’s side window. Officers arriving at the scene found Nurse fatally wounded in the car, the driver’s side door open, and the car’s right passenger window shattered. A .40 caliber shell casing was found at the scene. Surveillance video from the gas station recorded two persons of interest, one carrying what appeared to be a firearm in his hand, and their vehicle, a black Ford Taurus. Seeking assistance from the public in the investigation, the police released the footage to the local news on August 16, 2007, and it was aired as a “crime stoppers” report.
Following the news report, the police were tipped off to information that led to the apprehension of Scott. In exchange for a grant of immunity, Deonta testified that, on the morning of the crimes, he had been with Scott at the gas station and that Scott had been driving the black Ford Taurus in question. A witness who knew Scott identified him from the surveillance footage. That same witness testified that he overheard Scott talking about how “he had killed someone on Martin Luther King,” and that Scott regularly carried a .40 caliber handgun. Another witness testified that he had overheard Scott mention that he had shot someone at a gas station and that he and Deonta had fled from the scene in a black Ford Taurus.
