Legal Opinion
Head v. Hill
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 6, 2003No. S03A0559, S03X0560PublishedCited by 130 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Carley, Justice.
In a trial held in July and August of 1991, Warren Lee Hill was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of Joseph Hand-spike. This Court unanimously affirmed the conviction and death sentence in March of 1993. Hill v. State, 263 Ga. 37 (427 SE2d 770) (1993).
Hill filed a petition for writ of habeas corpus on April 14, 1994, alleging that he was mentally retarded. The habeas court, erroneously invoking the procedure set forth in Fleming v. Zant, 259 Ga. 687 (386 SE2d 339) (1989), granted a limited writ ordering a jury trial in the original trial court on the question of…
2Cases cited40 opinions
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3Cited by130 opinions
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