Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of Iowa
Decided April 25, 1973No. 54089PublishedCited by 71 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MASON, Justice.
This is an appeal from judgment sentencing Edward Lee Williams to life imprisonment following his conviction by a Scott County jury of murder in the first degree contrary to section 690.2, The Code. The State’s case was tried on the theory the crime had been committed in Scott County, Iowa, whereas Williams defended on the basis the homicide was committed in the state of Illinois by someone other than himself.
A statement of the clashing testimony of the State’s witnesses and defendant’s witnesses is necessary at the outset. Faye Locke, age 20, who at times shared an apartment…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- United States v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- McMann v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- State v. JenningsSupreme Court of Iowa · 1972
- Loyd Carl Ray v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1966
- State v. KendallSupreme Court of Iowa · 1969
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3Cited by71 opinions
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