State v. Hunt

PARKER, Justice.

Defendant Joe Wesley Hunt was tried capitally on an indictment charging him with the first-degree murder of Linda Scott (“victim”). The jury returned a verdict finding defendant guilty as charged. Following a capital sentencing proceeding, the jury recommended a sentence of life imprisonment; and the trial court entered judgment accordingly. For the reasons discussed herein, we conclude that defendant’s trial was free from prejudicial error and uphold his conviction and sentence.

On 18 February 1992 defendant and his nephew, Joseph Galloway, lived in defendant’s mobile home.…