HILL v. STATE

No. EE-403.

358 So.2d 190 (1978)

Thomas HILL, Jr., Appellant, v. STATE of Florida, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

As Corrected On Denial of Rehearing May 10, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Minerva, Public Defender, Tallahassee, for appellant.

Robert L. Shevin, Atty. Gen., and Richard A. Hixson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Tallahassee, for appellee.


SMITH, Judge:

In 1965 Thomas Hill, Jr. was indicted for first degree murder in a particularly repulsive slaying of a Liberty County woman. His psychosis rendered him unfit for trial, so Circuit Judge Ben C. Willis — whose familiarity with the case and with Hill extends from 1965 to the present — committed Hill to the Florida State Hospital at Chattahoochee. In 1972 Hill had recovered sufficiently for trial and, on his waiver of a jury, Judge Willis found...

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