Legal Opinion
Williams v. Commissioner of Correction
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided April 22, 1997No. 15493PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
2Per curiam
The petitioner, Floyd Williams, was convicted of a single count of felony murder and sentenced to a term of imprisonment of sixty years. We subsequently affirmed his conviction. State v. Williams, *548220 Conn. 385, 599 A.2d 1053 (1991). The petitioner thereafter filed this petition for a writ of habeas coipus claiming: (1) ineffective assistance of trial counsel; and (2) actual innocence. With regard to the petitioner’s claim of actual innocence, the habeas court adopted the standard of proof enunciated by Justice White in Herrera v. Collins, 506 U.S. 390, 429, 113 S. Ct. 853, 122 L.…
3Cases cited5 opinions
- Herrera v. CollinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1993
- Summerville v. Warden, State PrisonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1994
- State v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- Williams v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 1996
- Williams v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1996
4Cited by19 opinions
- Miller v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
- In re Eden F.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1998
- Goodrum v. Commissioner of CorrectionConnecticut Appellate Court · 2001
- Clarke v. Commissioner of CorrectionSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1999
- In re James L.Connecticut Appellate Court · 1999
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