Vernice Wright, Courtney Bobb and Alton Bailey were convicted of the felony murder of four-year-old Jeremy Brown, killed in a drive-by shooting. Bailey was also convicted of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. All three were sentenced to life in prison and Bailey was sentenced to a concurrent five-year term on the firearm convIction. Appellants appeal from the denial of their respective motions for new trials and we affirm. 11. After reviewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the jury's determination of guilt, we conclude that a rational trier of fact could have found each appellant guilty of the crimes for which they were convicted beyond a reasonable doubt. Jackson v. Virginia, 443 U. S. 307 (99 SC 2781, 61 LE2d 560) (1979). Contrary to appellants' contentions, proof of the crime of aggravated assault by mutual combat will support a conviction for felony murder where the mutual combat results in the death of a third party. See Willis v. State, 258 Ga. 477 (371 SE2d 376) (1988). 2. The trial court did not err by denying appellants' motions to change venue. Appellants failed to establish that the atmosphere was so inherently prejudicial as a result of pretrial publicity as to preclude a fair trial and they do not argue that individual jurors were prejudiced. Lemley v. State, 258 Ga. 554 (4) (372 SE2d 421) (1988). We find no abuse of the trial court's discretion and no merit to this enumeration. 3. The admission of the videotaped pretrial statements of Bobb and Bailey did not constitute a violation of Bruton v. United States, 391 U. S. 123 (88 SC 1620, 20 LE2d 476) (1968) or of OCGA 24-3-52, inasmuch as all appellants made a statement and both Bobb and Bailey testified at trial and were subject to cross-examination. Any error in the admission of Wright's statement, because Wright did not testify, was harmless. The statements were interlocking and supportive of each other; the evidence against each appellant was overwhelming; and the jury was properly charged to consider the statements only against the respective makers. Short v. State, 256 Ga. 165 (5) (345 SE2d 340) (1986); Allen v. State, 255 Ga. 513 (1) (340 SE2d 187) (1986). 5. We find no merit to appellants' remaining enumerations of error. Johnnie L. Caldwell, Jr., District Attorney, William T. McBroom III, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Matthew P. Stone, Staff Attorney, for appellee. |