Legal Opinion
Williams v. Cain
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1997No. 96-31167PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
Dobie Gillis Williams has been sentenced to death by the state of Louisiana. In this federal petition for a writ of habeas corpus he challenges both his conviction and death sentence on multiple grounds. The district court granted the petition on the ground that Williams had received ineffective assistance of counsel, but only at his sentencing hearing, and thus set aside the death sentence unless Louisiana conducted a new sentencing hearing. The district court rejected Williams’s other claims. Louisiana appeals the grant of habeas relief on the ineffective…
2Cases cited32 opinions
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- Wainwright v. SykesSupreme Court of the United States · 1977
- Furman v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Lindh v. MurphySupreme Court of the United States · 1997
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3Cited by123 opinions
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- Dennis Thurl Dowthitt v. Gary L. Johnson, Director, Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Institutional DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2000
- Spotville v. CainCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Ex Parte McFarlandCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2005
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