State v. Williams

This is a proceeding under the Post Conviction Act.

Defendant was- charged with having committed first degree murder on December 26, 1959. Information was filed January 15, 1960, a plea o-f guilty entered January 8, 1962, to second degree murder, and a sentence of life imprisonment pronounced on January 22, 1962. Dorothy Elliott, with whose death defendant was charged, and one Edward Ellis were killed on the date charged in the information. One Jerry Erving wasi convicted as a principal and one Milton Howard as an accessory to these killings. Defendant was a witness for the State in the trial…