Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 27, 1977No. 31641PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Hill, Justice.
Defendant Willie James Williams, a juvenile, was tried and convicted in Baldwin Superior Court of the offense of murder. He appeals from his life sentence. The main issue before us concerns his confession to the police.
The body of 74-year-old Mrs. Frances Herrin was found on the back porch of her home on April 14, 1973, about 7:30 p.m. She had been strangled to death.
A few days later police learned that two diamond rings and a wedding band had been pawned by some boys. The pawn ticket bore the name of John Williams, older brother of the defendant. The police went to the…
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- M. K. H. v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1975
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