Legal Opinion
Hill v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 26, 2007No. S06A1714PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUNSTEIN, Presiding Justice.
Charles Hill was found guilty of felony murder and kidnapping with bodily injury, among other crimes, arising out of a botched armed robbery of a fast food restaurant in Savannah. He appeals from the denial of his motion for new trial challenging the sufficiency of the evidence, the admission of his statement to police, the sentence imposed by the trial court and the effectiveness of counsel. For the reasons that follow, we affirm his convictions and vacate in part his sentence.
1. (a) Construing the evidence in the light most favorable to uphold the verdict, the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Thompson v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- State v. MarloweSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Eckman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
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3Cited by27 opinions
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