Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Florida
Decided September 22, 1965No. 33751PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOBSON, Justice (Ret.).
Edward Williams was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree and sentenced to death. No appeal was taken from the judgment “imposing the death penalty.”
This attempted direct appeal to the Supreme Court is from a denial of a so-called Motion for a New Trial which motion, in truth and in fact, was one to vacate the judgment and sentence and was filed pur*587suant to Criminal Procedure Rule One, F.S.A. ch. 924 Appendix. It challenges the constitutional legality of Williams’ conviction.
Article V, Section 4(2) of the Florida Constitution, F.S.A., reads in part as…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Hamilton v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- White v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Harris v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1964
3Cited by4 opinions
- State v. Fourth Dist. Court of AppealSupreme Court of Florida · 1997
- Williams v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1966
- Chatman v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida · 1969
- Whitlow v. StateSupreme Court of Florida · 1975