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Hunt v. State

The trial court properly admitted evidence of a similar transaction, in which the defendant was accused of stealing a Sig Sauer 9-millimeter handgun, to show the defendant's identity and bent of mind.

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The Honorable Supreme Court met pursuant to adjournment. The following order was passed: It appearing that the enclosed opinion decides a second-term appeal, which must be concluded by the end of the April term on April 14, 2011, it is ordered that a motion for reconsideration, if any, must be filed and received in the Clerk’s office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 28, 2011. Malaika Minyon Hunt appeals her convictions for malice murder, financial transaction card theft, and theft by taking in connection with the fatal shooting of Vernon Alderman. She claims that it was error to overrule her challenge under Batson v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 79 106 SC 1712, 90 LE2d 69 1986, and to admit into evidence at trial a prior act; she also maintains that trial counsel did not render effective assistance. Finding the claims to be without merit, we affirm.1

The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed the following. On December 19, 2002, Alderman’s body was discovered in the bedroom of his apartment in Gwinnett County; he was found naked and on the floor on his knees, bent over, face down, and with his hands folded over his head. He had been shot to death, and had sustained four gunshot wounds. Police found Alderman’s empty holster on his kitchen counter, but they were unable to locate his handgun; nor could they find a wallet then being used by Alderman or any of his keys. The apartment was locked. Alderman had been driving his sister’s gold Dodge Stratus, but that car and its keys were also missing.

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