Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided December 18, 1979No. 42235PublishedCited by 91 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtMcCown, J.
Robert E. Williams pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity or mental derangement to two counts of murder in the first degree and one count of first degree sexual assault. He was found guilty by a jury on all three counts and sentenced to death on each of the two murder counts and to imprisonment for not less than 8% years nor more than 25 years on the sexual assault count.
In the late afternoon of August 11, 1977, the bodies of Patricia A. McGarry and Catherine M. Brooks were found in the McGarry apartment in Lincoln, Nebraska, after a search was instituted when neighbors found the 5-year-old…
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3Cited by91 opinions
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