Antonio Lamar Brown appeals his convictions for felony murder, aggravated assault, and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony in connection with the fatal shooting of James Smith. Brown complains of discovery violations by the State, the trial court’s failure to conduct an in camera inspection of the State’s file, the restriction of cross-examination of a witness, certain comments by the State during closing argument, and portions of the trial court’s instruction to the jury. Finding the complaints to be without merit, we affirm.1 The evidence construed in favor of the verdicts showed that James Smith, Beticto Norris, and Anthony Allen were sharing a duplex used as a rooming house in Fulton County. People often came to the duplex to buy or use drugs and to engage in sexual activity. On November 26, 1996, Smith got home from work around 6:30 p.m. and insisted that Norris leave. Norris left, walked down the street, and saw a red Chevrolet truck drive twice past the rooming house. Allen saw Sertonius Isaac Harris and Tridarryious Mondra Carter pull into the driveway in a red truck. They asked for “Jake,” the local drug dealer, and Allen told them Jake was not there. Twice more, an unidentified man came to the door, asked for Jake, and Allen told each man that Jake was not there. Later, Carter came inside, asked for Jake, and put a gun to Allen’s head. Allen saw Brown, who was armed, and three more men enter. Carter and Allen argued, and Smith opened his door to ask what was happening. The men pushed Smith back into his room. Allen heard two shots. Norris returned and saw Brown, Harris, Terrance Javon Curry, and Carter, run out of the house, jump into the red truck, and leave.
Smith stated that he had been shot and that he had taken the weapon from Brown, the man who shot him; Smith fired the weapon at the fleeing men. Smith later died from his gunshot wounds. He had been shot in the left side of his front lower chest, resulting in substantial bleeding and loss of blood pressure.
