Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided May 20, 1987No. 69147PublishedCited by 13 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION ON REMAND FROM THE UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT

DUNCAN, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of capital murder and assessed the death penalty. On appeal, this Court affirmed the judgment and sentence. Williams v. State, 682 S.W.2d 538 (Tex.Cr.App.1984). Thereafter, the appellant requested a writ of certiorari from the United States Supreme Court.

In his appeal to this Court the appellant claimed, among other things, that “the trial court committed reversible error by not quashing the venire where it was shown that the Prosecutor exercised five (5) peremptory challenges against black jurors in…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Batson v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1986
  2. Griffith v. KentuckySupreme Court of the United States · 1987
  3. Swain v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
  4. Henry v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Williams v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1984

3Cited by13 opinions

  1. Thomas v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1987
  2. Hutchinson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 2002
  3. Mathews v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1989
  4. DeBlanc v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1987
  5. Levy v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1988

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