Legal Opinion

State v. Hill

Supreme Court of South Carolina

Decided June 8, 1998No. 24803PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MOORE, Justice:

Appellant was convicted of murdering a police officer and sentenced to death. We affirm.

FACTS

On March 7, 1994, Officer Spencer Guerry of the Georgetown Police Department stopped appellant in the parking lot of a car wash. Appellant was driving a silver/gray Honda Prelude with expired Colorado plates. He did not have a valid driver’s license and he had marijuana in the car. Officer Guerry took appellant’s Colorado identification card and car registration and called the information in to the dispatcher. As he was walking back to appellant’s car, he was shot once through the cheek.

2Cases cited28 opinions

  1. Payne v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  2. Morgan v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. Simmons v. South CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1994
  4. Holbrook v. FlynnSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  5. Mu'Min v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1991

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. United States v. McVeighCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. GibsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. State v. RossSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
  4. State v. JohnsonArizona Supreme Court · 2006
  5. State v. RobinsonSupreme Court of Kansas · 2015

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