State v. Hitopoulus

Gregory, Justice:

Appellant George James Hitopoulus was convicted of murder, armed robbery, conspiracy to commit armed robbery, and grand larceny of a vehicle. He was sentenced to consecutive terms of life imprisonment for murder, twenty-five years’ imprisonment for armed robbery, five years’ imprisonment or a Five Thousand ($5,000) Dollar fine for conspiracy, and ten years’ imprisonment for grand larceny. The main issue on appeal involves the refusal of the trial judge to allow appellant to call as a witness the psychiatrist who examined David Roton, his co-defendant who pled guilty to the…