Robert Williams v. Harold W. Clarke
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
HANSEN, Circuit Judge.
Robert Williams appeals the district court’s 1 partial denial of his petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant § 2254. 823 F.Supp. 1486. In 1978, a Nebraska state-court jury convicted Williams of murdering two young women, Patricia McGarry and Catherine Brooks. The jury also convicted Williams of the first-degree sexual assault of Catherine Brooks. A panel of three state trial judges sentenced Williams to death by electrocution for each count of murder and to an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment not to exceed 25 years for the sexual assault. After his direct…
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2Cases cited56 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Kotteakos v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Brecht v. AbrahamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Arizona v. FulminanteSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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