Hampton v. State

SEARS, Chief Justice.

In 2005, a Whitfield County jury convicted Jeffrey Allen Hampton of felony murder, aggravated assault, and related offenses arising out of the shooting death of Tara Nicole Swilley. Hampton challenges the sufficiency of the evidence used to convict him, the constitutional effectiveness of his initial post-trial counsel, and the jury instructions regarding the consideration of prior consistent statements as substantive evidence. Finding *700 no merit in Hampton's arguments, we affirm.

**491 1. Hampton contends that the State failed to present sufficient evidence at trial to…