Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided February 23, 2000No. 45S00-9701-PD-45PublishedCited by 66 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

SHEPARD, Chief Justice.

Edward Williams filed a petition for post-conviction relief challenging his conviction and death sentence for the murder of three people. The post-conviction court denied the petition and Williams appeals. He presents six issues for our review:

1. Whether the post-conviction court erred in finding he had waived the issue of trial counsel ineffectiveness;

2. Whether Williams was denied effective assistance of trial counsel;

3. Whether Williams was denied effective assistance of counsel on appeal;

4. Whether Williams’ death sentence was based on unreliable information;

5.…

2Cases cited25 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. United States v. BagleySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
  3. Kyles v. WhitleySupreme Court of the United States · 1995
  4. Woods v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1998
  5. Weatherford v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1993

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3Cited by66 opinions

  1. Wrinkles v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  2. Allen v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  3. Lambert v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2001
  4. Pruitt v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2009
  5. Williams v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 2002

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