Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Court of Appeals of Arkansas

Decided October 21, 2009No. CA CR 08-1453PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

JOHN B. ROBBINS, Judge.

|,Appellant James Edward Williams was convicted by a jury of two counts of aggravated robbery, two counts of first-degree terroristic threatening, theft of property, and third-degree battery. Mr. Williams was sentenced to a total of thirty years in prison. In this appeal, Mr. Williams’ sole argument is that the trial court erred in permitting him to represent himself at trial because his waiver of his constitutional right to counsel was not a knowing and intelligent waiver. We affirm.

At the jury trial the two victims in this case, Louis Dudderar and Grace Dudde-rar,…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
  2. Oliver v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1996
  3. Bledsoe v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999
  4. Pierce v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2005
  5. Mayo v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 1999

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3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Ivory v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2017
  2. Brown v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2012
  3. Williams v. StateSupreme Court of Arkansas · 2016
  4. Whitlow v. StateCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2016
  5. Michael Mattingly v. State of ArkansasCourt of Appeals of Arkansas · 2025

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