Legal Opinion
Hill v. State
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided October 12, 1989No. A89A1950PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Sognier, Judge.
Paul Houston Hill was convicted by a jury of armed robbery, motor vehicle theft, kidnapping, false imprisonment, and two counts of aggravated assault. The trial court merged the lesser offenses of theft by taking the vehicle and false imprisonment into the greater charges of armed robbery and kidnapping. Hill appeals.
Construed to support the verdict, the evidence adduced at trial showed that on May 27, 1988, Brazzie Boyd Emmett hijacked a UPS truck in Gainesville at gunpoint and, after taping the driver’s eyes, mouth, and arms, used the truck and impersonated the driver in an…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Cain v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Birt v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1976
- Kirkland v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1977
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Harper v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1994
- Massey v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1995
- Emmett v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1991
- Adams v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1998
- Zachery v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2000
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