Legal Opinion

Billy Williams v. Carl Hocker, Warden

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided August 7, 1972No. 71-2199PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WRIGHT, Circuit Judge.

A jury in a Nevada state court found Williams guilty of robbery and he was sentenced to life imprisonment as an habitual offender. Williams appealed to the Supreme Court of Nevada, which affirmed the conviction and sentence. Williams v. State, 85 Nev. 169, 451 P.2d 848 (1969), cert. denied 396 U.S. 916, 90 S.Ct. 239, 24 L.Ed.2d 194 (1969). Williams next sought post conviction relief from the United States District Court in Nevada. We affirm that court’s denial of his petition for a writ of habeas coi’pus.

Williams challenges the trial court’s admission of allegedly…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Picard v. ConnorSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Pate v. RobinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
  3. Williams v. StateNevada Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Eugene L. Crow v. Frank A. Eyman, Warden, Arizona State PrisonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1972

3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Williams v. Warden, Nevada State PrisonNevada Supreme Court · 1975
  2. Williams v. WolffDistrict Court, D. Nevada · 1980

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