HILL v. STATE

S20A0285.

842 S.E.2d 853 (2020)

HILL v. The STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided: May 4, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christina Rupp Cribbs , Veronica M. O'Grady , Georgia Public Defender Council Appellate Division, 104 Marietta Street, Suite 600, Atlanta, Georgia 30303, Attorneys for the Appellant.

Christopher Allen Arnt , Chief A.D.A., Herbert E. Franklin, Jr. , District Attorney, Lookout Mountain Judicial Circuit District Attorney's Office, P. O. Box 1025, LaFayette, Georgia 30728-1025, Patricia B. Attaway Burton , Deputy Attorney General, Paula Khristian Smith , Senior Assistant Attorney General, Christopher M. Carr , Attorney General, Ashleigh Dene Headrick , Department of Law, 40 Capitol Square, S.W., Atlanta, Georgia 30334, Attorneys for the Appellee.


Following a jury trial, Esco Hill appeals his conviction for malice murder.1 Hill argues, inter alia, that the trial court committed reversible error by requiring him to be visibly shackled for the duration of his six-day trial. We agree and, consequently...

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