Legal Opinion
Williams v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided February 5, 1970No. 25584PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Undercofler, Justice.
This is the third appearance of this case in this court. After his conviction of rape and the imposition of the death sentence, the appellant filed his appeal in this court and the judgment of the trial court was affirmed. Williams v. State, 223 Ga. 773 (158 SE2d 373). Subsequently, in a habeas corpus proceeding appealed to this court, the appellant complained of the exclusion of trial jurors who stated that they were opposed to capital punishment (Code § 59-806 (4)). In view of Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U. S. 510 (88 SC 1770, 20 LE2d 776), we remanded the appellant…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Sims v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Abrams v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1967
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1968
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Pass v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1971
- Lingo v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Sullivan v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1972
- Miller v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1970
- Brown v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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