unlike in the trial, prosecutors were now able to disclose to jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood mountain and state s attorney willie megs did just that, calling to the stand georgia bureau of investigation agents who had worked on the emerson case. you indicated it that ms. emerson s body was nude. did gary michael hilton tell you why it was nude? he did. he basically stated that he had removed the head and stripped the clothing for forensic purposes. megz was able to introduce portions of those chilling interviews that hilton gave the authorities in georgia. once you ve taken someone, you re either going to kill them or you re going to get caught. it s as simple as that. that s where you started getting the information about emerson that s the first time the georgia information was allowed in. correct. that s when you really start seeing the jurors taking in the enormity. then you really see the impact of all of this coming through.
there were different rulz in this it the penalty phase. unlike in the trial, prosecutors were now able to disclose to jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood mountain and state s attorney willie megs did just that, calling to the stand georgia bureau of investigation agents who had worked on the emerson case. you indicated it that ms. emerson s body was nude. did gary michael hilton tell you why it was nude? he did. he basically stated that he had removed the head and stripped the clothing for forensic purposes. megz was able to introduce portions of those chilling interviews that hilton gave the authorities in georgia. once you ve taken someone, you re either going to kill them or you re going to get caught. it s as simple as that. that s where you started getting the information about emerson that s the first time the georgia information was allowed in. correct. that s when you really start
as follows as to count one of the indictment, the defendant gary hilton is guilty of first degree murder. count two of the indictment gary hilton was found guilty of the first degree murder of cheryl dunlap. guilty on all counts except car theft. the same jurors would soon reconvene to decide if hilton would die by lethal injection. he dodged death in georgia, and now it was time to see if he could do it again. this man, mr. hilton assistant states attorney georgia capelman got the conviction of hilton. what are the words you use to describe this guy? he s a psychopath. you know, there s crazy sick and there s crazy mean. he s just crazy mean. he s intelligent, he s a college graduate. he was a member of our armed forces. he s probably smarter than everybody sitting in this room. there were different rules in this penalty phase. unlike in the trial, prosecutors were now able to disclose to jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood
we, the jury, find as follows. as to count 1 of the indictment, the defendant, gary hilton, is guilty of first-degree murder. count two of the indictment gary hilton was found guilty of the first-degree murder of cheryl dunlap. guilty on all counties except car theft. the same jurors would soon reconvene to decide if hilton would die by lethal injection. he had dodged death in georgia and now it was time to see if he could do it again. this man, mr. hilton assistant state s attorney georgia capelman got the initial conviction of hilton. what words did you use to describe this guy? he a s a psychopath and there s crazy sick and crazy mean. he s just crazy mean. he s intelligent, a college graduate. he was a member of our armed forces. he s probably smarter than everybody sitting in this room. there were different rules in this the penalty phase. unlike in the trial, prosecutors were now able to disclose to jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood mountain an
jurors that hilton murdered meredith emerson on blood mountain and state s attorney willie megs did just that, calling to the stand georgia bureau of investigation agents who had worked on the emerson case. you indicated it that ms. emerson s body was nude. did gary michael hilton tell you why it was nude? he did. he basically stated that he had removed the head and stripped the clothing for forensic purposes. megz was able to introduce portions of those chilling interviews that hilton gave the authorities in georgia. once you ve taken someone, you re either going to kill them or you re going to get caught. it s as simple as that. that s where you started getting the information about emerson that s the first time the georgia information was allowed in. correct. that s when you really start seeing the jurors taking in the enormity. then you really see the impact of all of this coming through.