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HANCE v. STATE

41722, 41807.

254 Ga. 575 (1985)

332 S.E.2d 287

HANCE v. THE STATE.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied July 23, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Haywood Turner III, for appellant.

William Henry Hance, pro se.

William J. Smith, District Attorney, J. Gray Conger, Assistant District Attorney, Michael J. Bowers, Attorney General, Mary Beth Westmoreland, Assistant Attorney General, for appellee.

HILL, Chief Justice.

This is a death penalty case. On December 15, 1978, William Henry Hance was convicted by a jury of the murder of Brenda Gail Faison, also known as Gail Jackson or Gail Bogen. He was sentenced to death, the jury having found that "the murder was outrageously or wantonly vile, horrible or inhuman in that it involved an aggravated battery to the victim." See OCGA § 17-10-30 (b) (7). The conviction and sentence were affirmed on direct appeal...

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