Legal Opinion
Williams v. Kemp
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided January 28, 1986No. 43151PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Marshall, Presiding Justice.
The applicant, Harold Glenn Williams, was convicted of burglary and murder, and he was given the death penalty for the murder conviction. His convictions and sentences were affirmed on direct appeal in Williams v. State, 250 Ga. 553 (300 SE2d 301) (1983). He has now filed this petition for writ of habeas corpus, complaining, among other things, that the trial court’s instructions to the jury on malice and on presumption of intended consequences were unconstitutionally burden-shifting under Sandstrom v. Montana, 442 U. S. 510 (99 SC 2450, 61 LE2d 39) (1979). The…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Sandstrom v. MontanaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Morissette v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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3Cited by36 opinions
- Isaacs v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1989
- Catchings v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Harold Glenn Williams v. Ralph Kemp, Warden, Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center, RespondentCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1988
- Cameron v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1986
- Veit v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1987
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