State v. Hocutt

HUDSON, Judge.

In May 2003, defendant.was charged with first-degree-murder. The defendant’s trial began on 16 August 2004 and on 3 September 2004, the jury convicted defendant of first-degree murder. Following a sentencing hearing, the court sentenced defendant to life imprisonment without parole. Defendant appeals. For the reasons discussed below, we conclude that there was no error.

The evidence tends to show the following facts. In 1991 or 1992, Brent Turner and a friend went to defendant’s home and began harassing defendant’s ex-wife’s brother. When defendant went outside to see what was…