Legal Opinion
People v. Williams
California Court of Appeal
Decided January 31, 1980No. Crim. 3578PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BROWN (G. A.), P. J.
Appellant, William Carl Williams, was convicted of conspiring to commit first degree murder (Pen. Code, §§ 182, 187, 189) and was sentenced to life imprisonment. The jury failed to agree on a charge of attempted murder (Pen. Code, §§ 664, 187).
On this appeal appellant argues that there was insufficient corroborating evidence to support the accomplice’s testimony, that there were errors in refusing to give and giving of instructions, and that the sentence of life imprisonment for conspiracy to commit first degree murder constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
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2Cases cited14 opinions
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- In Re LynchCalifornia Supreme Court · 1972
- Callanan v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- People v. LyonsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1958
- In Re FossCalifornia Supreme Court · 1974
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3Cited by23 opinions
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