Hills v. State

Summary

The Supreme Court of Georgia affirmed Roman Eugene Hills’ conviction for malice murder, finding the evidence sufficient to support the verdict and rejecting his claims of evidentiary error and ineffective assistance of counsel. The Court held that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in excluding testimony about the victim’s son and that Hills’ counsel’s strategic decisions were not constitutionally deficient. The ineffective‑assistance claims were rejected because Hills failed to show deficient performance or prejudice. The judgment was affirmed.