Legal Opinion
Williams v. Woodford
District Court, E.D. California
Decided March 19, 2012No. 2:05-cv-00980-AKPublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
ALEX KOZINSKI, Chief Circuit Judge.
David Earl Williams, a California state prisoner represented by counsel, seeks a writ of habeas corpus under 28 U.S.C. § 2254. He was convicted of first-degree murder. Williams claims ineffective assistance of counsel (“IAC”) at trial.
Background
In his opening statement, Williams’s trial counsel repeatedly promised that the jury would hear testimony from three key witnesses. Transcript of Opening Statements at 10-24. Ten times he promised that Williams himself would testify. Twice he promised that Miyaka Oliphant, Williams’s then-girlfriend who was with…
2Cases cited30 opinions
- Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Cullen v. PinholsterSupreme Court of the United States · 2011
- Wiggins v. Smith, WardenSupreme Court of the United States · 2003
- United States v. CronicSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Christopher Bahtuoh v. Michelle SmithCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2017
- Roseberry v. RyanDistrict Court, D. Arizona · 2018
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- Elvin Pearson v. State of Tennessee (dissenting)Court of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee · 2023
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