Legal Opinion

Williams v. Turpin

Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit

Decided June 24, 1996No. 94-9392PublishedCited by 45 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARKETT, Circuit Judge:

Alexander Edmund Williams was convicted by a jury in Richmond County, Georgia, of murder, rape, armed robbery, kidnapping with bodily injury, motor vehicle theft and financial transaction card fraud. He was sentenced to death on August 29, 1986. In this appeal of the district court’s denial of relief on his petition for a writ of habeas corpus, Williams raises and briefs multitudinous issues. We affirm the district court as to all claims except his claim that he received ineffective assistance of trial counsel. 1

On March 4,1986,16-year-old Aleta Carol Bunch drove her…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
  4. Gideon v. WainwrightSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
  5. Murray v. CarrierSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by45 opinions

  1. Turner v. CrosbyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
  2. Cargill v. TurpinCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1997
  3. United States v. RhynesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1999
  4. United States v. WebbCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2009
  5. Tompkins v. MooreCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1999

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