Legal Opinion
Williams v. Norris
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided August 17, 2009No. 07-1984, 07-2115PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOKEN, Chief Judge.
An Arkansas jury found Marcel Wayne Williams guilty of the capital murder of Stacy Errickson and sentenced him to death. The Supreme Court of Arkansas affirmed the conviction and sentence. The state trial court denied Williams’s petition for state post-conviction relief, and the Supreme Court of Arkansas again affirmed. Williams then filed this petition for a federal writ of habeas corpus, alleging ineffective assistance of counsel and other claims. After an evidentiary hearing, the district court granted the writ solely on the ground of ineffective assistance of counsel at…
2Cases cited66 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Williams v. TaylorSupreme Court of the United States · 2000
- Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
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3Cited by27 opinions
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- Couch v. BookerCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2011
- McGehee v. NorrisCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2009
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