Hill v. State

Walter Hill was charged by a four-count indictment under Alabama's Death Penalty Statute, Act No. 213, General Acts of Alabama, Title 15, Sections 342 (3)-342 (11), Code of Alabama 1940, as amended, 1975,1 for the first degree murder of Willie Mae Hammock, John Tatum, Jr., and Lois Gene Tatum, by shooting them with a pistol. The jury found the appellant guilty as charged and fixed punishment at death by electrocution.

Thereafter the trial judge conducted a post conviction hearing on the aggravating and mitigating circumstances, as required by law. He then set punishment at death by…