Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Arizona Supreme Court
Decided April 10, 1975No. 2984PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HOLOHAN, Justice.
James Robert Williams appeals from his conviction and sentence for committing lewd and lascivious acts in violation of A. R.S. § 13-652. He was sentenced to the Arizona State Prison for a term of one to one and a half years.
The defendant and the complaining witness, a young. Phoenix woman, had gone to a late-night party. Afterwards, according to the complaining witness, the defendant took her to a north Phoenix location, raped her and made her engage in an act of fellatio. The defendant took the witness stand and claimed that the woman consented to these sexual activities.
The…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Lovely v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- State v. LittleArizona Supreme Court · 1960
- State v. KellyArizona Supreme Court · 1974
- State v. McFarlinArizona Supreme Court · 1973
- State v. StagoArizona Supreme Court · 1957
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3Cited by18 opinions
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- State v. HughesArizona Supreme Court · 1998
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1981
- State Ex Rel. Pope v. Superior CourtArizona Supreme Court · 1976
- State v. CornellArizona Supreme Court · 1994
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