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People v. Williams

California Supreme Court

Decided August 4, 1997No. S004720PublishedCited by 478 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion

WERDEGAR, J.

Barry Glenn Williams (defendant) appeals the first degree murder conviction and sentence of death he received in Los Angeles County Superior Court in connection with the shooting death of Jerome Dunn in 1982. The sole special circumstance found true was that defendant had previously been convicted of the June 16, 1981, murder of Donald Billingsley. We affirm the judgment in its entirety, finding no prejudicial error affecting either the guilt or penalty trials.

I. Facts

The charges against defendant arose out of two incidents: the shooting deaths of Donald Billingsley in June…

2Cases cited165 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  3. Delaware v. Van ArsdallSupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  4. Davis v. AlaskaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  5. United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by478 opinions

  1. People v. HillCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1998
  2. People v. FryeCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  3. People v. WilliamsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1998
  4. People v. MauryCalifornia Supreme Court · 2003
  5. People v. CunninghamCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001

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