Harris Hines, the recently retired chief justice of the Georgia Supreme Court, has died.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports Hines died after a car crash Sunday that sent him to a hospital, but no further details were immediately released by authorities. Hines was 75.
Current Chief Justice Harold D. Melton confirmed the death in a statement and says all on the court are “shocked and devastated.” Melton called Hines “a giant of a man.”
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