Williams v. Kelley

I. Motion for Relief from Judgment (17-1892)

The Sixth Amendment’s guarantees of an impartial jury and the right of an accused to confront the witnesses against him extend to capital sentencing proceedings. See Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719, 727-28, 112 S.Ct. 2222, 119 L.Ed.2d 492 (1992); see also Parker v. Gladden, 385 U.S. 363, 364, 87 S.Ct. 468, 17 L.Ed.2d 420 (1966) (noting that the Sixth Amendment applies to state court proceedings through the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process clause). Compliance with these guarantees requires that a jury’s verdict be based on the evidence presented…