Dunn v. State

Wanda Dunn was convicted of three counts of aggravated assault, one count of aggravated battery, and one count of possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. She appeals, contending primarily that the trial court erred in excluding testimony of prior difficulties between Dunn and one of the alleged victims. We affirm.

Lewis testified that, on the night of June 24, 1995, she and Katrina Emmanuel were driving in a gray Cadillac when they saw Dunn, in a burgundy Oldsmobile, talking with another woman. According to Lewis, Dunn had previously threatened to shoot Lewis’ brother. After Dunn started yelling out of her car window, Lewis got out of her car and said, “What’s going on Why do you keep threatening me and my family” Lewis said that Dunn then responded, “You just wait right here, bitch, I’ll be right back.” Dunn claimed that Lewis pulled a gun from her car during this encounter, but both Lewis and Emmanuel denied that Lewis had a gun.1 Lewis then left and went to pick up her one-year-old daughter, Courtney. Dunn testified that she went home to retrieve got a gun because she was scared that she might see Lewis again.