HILL v. STATE

32683.

239 Ga. 836 (1977)

239 S.E.2d 21

HILL v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Miller & Shiver, David L. Shiver, for appellant.

Thomas H. Pittman, District Attorney, Arthur K. Bolton, Attorney General, Susan V. Boleyn, Staff Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.


JORDAN, Justice.

Appellant R. J. Hill was convicted in 1974 of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hill was granted an out-of-time appeal pursuant to an order entered following his habeas corpus hearing in the Superior Court of Tattnall County.

Appellant contends that the charge of the court on principles of murder and malice was erroneous in two respects. First, that the instructions given regarding murder and the presumption of malice were incomplete...

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