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Hunt v. State

The state had no obligation under O.C.G.A. § 17-16-7 to produce oral statements that witnesses made during pre-trial interviews.

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Anthony Leon Hunt was convicted of malice murder, felony murder and aggravated assault in the shooting death of Melvin Manual. He was sentenced to life imprisonment for the felony murder conviction. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial.1 Finding no error, we affirm. 1. The jury was authorized to find that Hunt was standing outside the home of Coleman, his then-girlfriend, after midnight when he was approached by the victim, Melvin Manual. Coleman, her brother Antonio Young and witness Redmond observed the two men begin to scuffle. Manual took a pistol from Hunt during the fight but did not use the weapon. He instead turned and ran. Hunt produced a second weapon and ran after Manual, shooting at him. Manual fell once to the ground but regained his feet and continued running. Hunt followed. Although no eyewitness observed the final confrontation, they heard several more shots. Hunt walked past witness Young as he returned, at which time he was carrying two weapons. Hunt confronted witness Redmond and accused him of acting together with the victim in order to rob Hunt, stating “that’s why the victim is fixing to die now.” Manual’s body was discovered shortly thereafter in a pool of blood. Expert testimony established that he died of multiple gun shot wounds inflicted by two different weapons of the type seen by witnesses in Hunt’s possession after the shooting. When Hunt was arrested in 1997, he denied being at the crime scene and told police that it was his brother who killed Manual. In her testimony Coleman described the differences in appearance between the brothers and stated that Hunt’s brother was not in the neighborhood at the time of the crimes.

The evidence adduced was sufficient to enable a rational trier of fact to find Hunt guilty of felony murder predicated on aggravated assault beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia , 443 U.S. 307 99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560 1979.

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