Hill v. Mississippi
Annotate this CaseBilly Dale Hill appealed his motion for post-conviction relief. He claimed that the circuit court had destroyed biological evidence without notifying him as required by statute. The evidence in question was a laboratory slide containing what was purported to be sperm cells collected during a 1974 autopsy. The only relief sought by Hill was that the Supreme Court “order appropriate remedies and impose sanctions” because of the failure to give proper notice. Given the uncontradicted proof that the circuit court did not have the evidence in question, the Supreme Court found no basis for Hill’s claim, and affirmed the trial court.
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