By Mrs. Eileen Hunter — about the author.
The Motion to Supplement filed April 20, 2026 in the Fourth Judicial District Court asked to add three records about Vaccara Comanche to Mr. Hunter’s post-conviction application: his criminal history, the transcripts of two sentencing hearings, and the court minutes. Of the criminal history it said: “although Com[a]nche was being called a two-time felony offender at sentencing and during Tony Hunter’s trial, he was actually a four-time felony offender.” (Motion to Supplement, Description of Documents, I.) (Full transcription.)
Of the sentencing transcripts — from hearings held after his July 20, 2001 statement and before his 2004 testimony — the motion said they “show that a habitual offender bill was filed against Mr. Comanche in April 2002,” and that “documentation already submitted to this court shows that habitual offender bill was eventually dismissed after Mr. Comanche testified against Tony Hunter.” The clerk’s minutes date that dismissal November 25, 2002 — thirty-nine days after Mr. Hunter’s indictment, and before the 2004 trial (the 39 days). At trial, Comanche testified that he had not been promised anything in exchange for his testimony. ROA. 1946. (The Comanche file.)
The exhibits themselves are not on this site: they contain confidential criminal-history records with personal identifiers. Their substance is reported here in the motion’s own words; researchers may request access through the contact page.
The other half: the motion supplied documents; it did not obtain a ruling on them. The application it supplemented was denied nine days later, on procedural grounds and as duplicative, without a hearing, and no court has found that the State withheld these records. The Second Circuit held in 2005 that the jury heard the informants’ records “in great detail.” The supervisory writ filed July 9, 2026 is pending. (The disclosure claims.)
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