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    James Earl Hill - Nevada


    James Earl Hill


    Summary of Offense:

    On March 8, 1983, James Earl Hill and his co-defendant, Brian Marshall, broke into the apartment occupied by Leroy and Altonia Matthews. Hill committed a heinous act of sexual assault on Altonia by forcibly inserting a stick into her rectum. Meanwhile, Marshall struggled with Leroy in the living room/kitchen area of the apartment. Two days later, Altonia died from her injuries.

    Marshall received a life sentence.

    Hill was sentenced to death on August 22, 1983.

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    In 1986, the Nevada Supreme Court upheld Hill's conviction and sentence on direct appeal.

    On February 26, 1998, the Nevada Supreme Court denied him post-conviction relief.

    http://caselaw.findlaw.com/nv-suprem...t/1087544.html

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    On June 16, 1998, Hill filed a habeas petition in Federal District Court.

    https://dockets.justia.com/docket/ne...8cv00914/21753


    Resentenced to LWOP 2020

    https://www.leg.state.nv.us/App/NELI...orrections.pdf

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