Legal Opinion
William Henry Hance v. Walter D. Zant, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided January 24, 1983No. 82-8342PublishedCited by 186 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:
Petitioner William Henry Hance was convicted by a jury in the Superior Court of Muscogee County, Georgia, of the murder of Brenda Gail Faison (a/k/a Gail Jackson) and of attempted theft by extortion. The jury sentenced him to death for the murder under Ga.Code Ann. § 27-2534.1(b)(7) and he was sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for attempted extortion. ,
The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed the convictions and sentences. Hance v. State, 245 Ga. 856, 268 S.E.2d 339, cert. denied, 449 U.S. 1067, 101 S.Ct. 796, 66 L.Ed.2d 611 (1980), reh’g denied, 449 U.S. 1135, 101…
2Cases cited74 opinions
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3Cited by186 opinions
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