A Recidivist Appeals on Sentencing
A Fulton County jury found Hopton Hyde guilty of multiple crimes including malice murder, aggravated assault, felony murder in the commission of aggravated assault, and possession of a knife during the commission of a crime. Fulton Superior Court, using O.C.G.A. § 17-10-7 (c), sentenced him to life in prison without the possibility of parole for …