Legal Opinion
Hittson v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 31, 1994No. S94P0681PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Thompson, Justice.
Travis Clinton Hittson was convicted of the malice murder of Conway Utterbeck, as well as counts of aggravated assault, theft by taking and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The jury found that the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved depravity of mind, OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (7), and recommended that Hittson be sentenced to death. The trial court sentenced Hittson to death for the murder and to terms of years for the remaining convictions.
On April 3, 1992 Hittson, his co-defendant Edward Vollmer, and the…
2Cases cited37 opinions
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- Buchanan v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Jarrell v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
- Pope v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
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3Cited by31 opinions
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