Legal Opinion
Williams v. Taylor
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 18, 2000No. 98-8384PublishedCited by 15,194 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Stevens
The questions presented are whether Terry Williams’ constitutional right to the effective assistance of counsel as defined in Strickland v. Washington, 466 U. S. 668 (1984), was violated, and whether the judgment of the Virginia Supreme Court refusing to set aside his death sentence “was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established Federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States,” within the meaning of 28 U. S. C. § 2254(d)(1) (1994 ed., Supp. III). We answer both questions affirmatively.
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