Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided April 16, 2009No. A07-2148PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
ANDERSON, G. BARRY, Justice.
Appellant Adrian D. Williams is currently serving a life sentence for first-degree murder. On direct appeal, we affirmed his conviction. State v. Williams, 586 N.W.2d 123 (Minn.1998). Subsequently, Williams filed a petition for postconviction relief that was denied by the postconviction court without an evidentiary hearing. We affirm.
Williams was charged by indictment for the shooting death of Artis T. Brown, Jr., and the case proceeded to a jury trial. Two days before voir dire began, the State disclosed several new police reports, one of which included a…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Hill v. LockhartSupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- State v. KnafflaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1976
- Leake v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2007
- Gates v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1987
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3Cited by17 opinions
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- State v. CaldwellSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2011
- Andersen v. StateSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2013
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- State of Minnesota v. Josue Robles FragaSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2015
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