Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Decided January 22, 1988No. C5-87-664PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIMONETT, Justice.
Defendant Grailon Leon Williams was convicted of murder in the first degree for firing the shots that killed Christine Kreitz. The state claimed Christine was killed on the orders of Minneapolis gang leader John Scruggs and with the help of two other accomplices, Mary Braxton and Sandra White. On appeal, Williams alleges insufficiency of the evidence, improper plea agreements made with accomplices Brax-ton and White, improper admission of their testimony, improper admission of certain testimony by other witnesses, improper instruction of the jury, and ineffective assistance…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ricketts v. AdamsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- State v. JonesSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1986
- State v. HawkinsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1977
- State v. AdamsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1980
- United States v. John Walter Waterman, A/K/A Jack WatermanCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by14 opinions
- State v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- State v. NorrisSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1988
- State v. SpaethSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1996
- State v. ScruggsSupreme Court of Minnesota · 2012
- State v. FolkersSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1998
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