Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee
Decided July 26, 1972PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Judge.
Ira L. Williams, John W. Partee, John E. White, and Earlis Jackson, Jr., were indicted, and tried jointly, on a charge of murder in the perpetration of a robbery. The trial of a fifth defendant was severed and is not a matter for consideration here. The jury returned a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree against the four defendants, and fixed punishment at confinement in the State Penitentiary for a period of ninety-nine years and one day for each of them. The trial court rendered judgment accordingly. Motions for new trial were overruled and the matter is…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Simmons v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Harrington v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
- Schneble v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Giles v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
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3Cited by22 opinions
- State v. TurnerCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1995
- State v. HodgesTennessee Supreme Court · 1991
- State v. ShepherdTennessee Supreme Court · 1995
- Parham v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 1994
- Drinkard v. StateTennessee Supreme Court · 1979
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