Legal Opinion
Hance v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 2, 1985No. 41722, 41807PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Chief Justice.
This is a death penalty case. On December 15, 1978, William Henry Hance was convicted by a jury of the murder of Brenda Gail Faison, also known as Gail Jackson or Gail Bogen. He was sentenced to death, the jury having found that “the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved an aggravated battery to the victim.” See OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (7). The conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal. Hance v. State, 245 Ga. 856 (268 SE2d 339) (1980), cert. denied, 449 U. S. 1067 (1980).
After exhausting his state habeas remedies, Hance…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Caldwell v. MississippiSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
- Castell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1983
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Hicks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1987
- Gissendaner v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2000
- Todd v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1991
- Carr v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1997
- Davis v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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