Huguley v. State

Meldamion Huguley was convicted by a jury on two counts of aggravated assault on February 11, 1999. He appeals from the trial court’s denial of his motion for new trial, which raised, inter alia, the issue of ineffective counsel. We find no error and, therefore, affirm.

The facts, viewed in a light most favorable to the jury’s verdict,1 are as follows: On his eighteenth birthday, Huguley received $108,000, the proceeds of a settlement from a personal injury suit arising from a childhood injury. Huguley soon adopted the habit of carrying around several thousand dollars in cash. On June 23, 1998, Huguley began arguing with a friend on Tiffany Circle in DeKalb County in the presence of several other people, including children. The two exchanged gunfire, and Huguley shot his friend in the arm. Huguley then went into a house and emerged with a semi-automatic weapon, “the type of gun that . . . you clean the streets with.” However, the gun jammed on Huguley and he left. Huguley was not charged in this incident because his friend refused to cooperate with police.