Legal Opinion
Williams v. Vasquez
District Court, E.D. California
Decided April 1, 1993No. CV-F-89-160-REC-PPublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DEATH PENALTY CASE
ORDER DENYING AMENDED PETITION FOR A WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS
COYLE, Chief Judge.
I. Introduction
Petitioner, Keith Daniel Williams, filed an amended petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. Petitioner challenges his state court conviction on three counts of first degree murder with special circumstances, and his death sentence. 1 Petitioner sets forth nineteen claims of alleged federal constitutional error which he contends require a reversal of his guilt, sanity, and/or penalty phase verdicts.
Petitioner requested an evidentiary hearing on Claims A, B,…
2Cases cited94 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Estelle v. McGuireSupreme Court of the United States · 1991
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3Cited by7 opinions
- People v. WeaverCalifornia Supreme Court · 2001
- Keith Daniel Williams v. Arthur Calderon, Warden, San Quentin State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- State v. CarrSupreme Court of Kansas · 2014
- Keith Daniel WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Arthur CALDERON, Warden, San Quentin State Prison, Respondent-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
- Brett Pensinger v. Kevin ChappellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2015
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