1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.3d
  4. 759 F.3d
  5. 759 F.3d 1210 (2014)
 

HITTSON v. GDCP WARDEN

No. 12-16103.

759 F.3d 1210 (2014)

Travis Clinton HITTSON, Petitioner-Appellee-Cross Appellant, v. GDCP WARDEN, Respondent-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

July 9, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian Kammer , Robyn A. Painter , Kirsten Salchow , Atlanta, GA, for Petitioner-Appellee-Cross Appellant.

Sabrina Graham , Beth Attaway Burton , Georgia Department of Law, Atlanta, GA, for Respondent-Appellant-Cross Appellee.

Before CARNES, Chief Judge, TJOFLAT and WILSON, Circuit Judges.

TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

In April 1992, Travis Hittson and Edward Vollmer, who were enlisted men in the Navy, brutally killed, mutilated, and dismembered their shipmate Conway Utterbeck. Hittson confessed to the crime, and in February 1993 he was convicted of murder in the Superior Court of Houston County, Georgia. During the penalty phase of his trial,1 Hittson tried to show that his co-defendant, Vollmer, had planned the murder and manipulated...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases