Georgia high court upholds murder for Savannah purse snatcher
Posted: January 24, 2007 - 6:24am  ATLANTA - The Georgia Supreme
Court on Monday upheld the murder conviction of Arkeen Hunter
for his part in the robbery of an elderly Savannah woman four
years ago.  Sarah Price, 79, was in the parking lot of a
Savannah grocery store when someone driving by in a truck
snatched her purse. She fell down when her purse was yanked and
later died from a head injury.  A jury convicted Hunter, who was
driving the truck, of felony murder. He was sentenced to life in
prison. A witness during the trial said Hunter told him another
man grabbed the purse, and Hunter told police conflicting
stories about whether he had been at the grocery store that day.
In his appeal to the state's highest court, Hunter argued that
his lawyer did not properly explain a plea deal to him that
prosecutors made before the trial. Under the deal, Hunter could
have pleaded guilty to robbery, served five years in prison and
had the murder charge ag