Legal Opinion
Turpin v. Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 23, 1998No. S97A1496PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hunstein, Justice.
Warren Lee Hill, Jr. was sentenced to death in 1991 for the 1990 murder of a fellow prison inmate. Although Hill was tried three years after the effective date of OCGA § 17-7-131 (c) (3) and (j), which authorizes a verdict of guilty but mentally retarded and bars the execution of those found to be mentally retarded, no issue was raised by Hill regarding any alleged mental retardation at trial or on appeal. His conviction was affirmed by this Court. Hill v. State, 263 Ga. 37 (427 SE2d 770) (1993). Hill then filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus contending, inter alia,…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Fleming v. ZantSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Turpin v. ToddSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Burgess v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1994
- Hill v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1993
- Black v. HardinSupreme Court of Georgia · 1985
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3Cited by38 opinions
- Warren Lee Hill, Jr. v. Carl HumphreyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2011
- Schofield v. HolseySupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
- Head v. HillSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
- Head v. FerrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001
- Perkins v. HallSupreme Court of Georgia · 2011
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