Hill v. State

PIVARNIK, Justice.

Defendant-Appellant Hill was convicted of murder after a jury trial before the Delaware Circuit Court. The Honorable Steven Caldemeyer sentenced Appellant to a thirty year prison term.

Appellant's arguments raise two issues for consideration:

1. sufficiency of the evidence; and

2. whether Appellant is insane as defined by law.

Appellant was the boyfriend of the decedent, Velma Jeffries. The two were known to have arguments, during which Appellant sometimes threatened to kill Jeffries. Appellant has a third grade education, an I.Q. in the upper sixties and a history of mental…