Georgia high court refuses to reconsider Melendi killer appeal

<p>The state Supreme Court has rejected a request by a man convicted of killing an Emory University student to reconsider its decision upholding his conviction.</p><p>That means the court's June 12 decision affirming Colvin Hinton's conviction for killing Shannon Melendi will stand.</p><p>A brief statement Monday from a court spokesman did not elaborate on the court's decision not to reconsider its ruling.</p><p>The 19-year-old Miami woman disappeared in 1994 after leaving a softball field near Decatur. Her body has never been found.</p><p>Melendi had worked as a scorekeeper at a game where Hinton was an umpire. For years authorities suspected that Hinton, who had served time previously for abducting women, was involved in the slaying, but he wasn't charged until 2004.</p><p>Hinton was convicted of murder last year and sentenced to life in prison. Fellow inmates with whom he served time in federal prison testified that Hinton had made incriminating statements to them about the Melendi case.</p>

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