Hunter v. State

Pope, Judge.

Hunter appeals from his conviction and sentence for aggravated assault on Essie Davis with a knife above the left eye during a brawl on July 12, 1984. A number of people became involved when a fight broke out between two women. Hunter tried to intervene and restrained one of the women, Fanita Munson. Essie Davis approached and got into a disagreement with Hunter, and this escalated into the brawl during which Davis and Hunter’s brother were stabbed. At trial Essie Davis and his brother testified that Hunter cut him with a knife or something. The third State’s witness was not…