State v. Williams

On April 11, 1994, the U.S. District Court for the District of Nebraska sentenced Shannon E. Williams to 168 months in the U.S. penitentiary at Leavenworth, Kansas, for conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute cocaine base. On December 12, 1995, while Williams was serving his sentence, a sealed arrest warrant was issued in Nebraska for his arrest. Williams was transferred from the federal penitentiary to Nebraska on January 12, 1996. On February 1, an information was filed in Douglas County District Court, charging Williams with first degree murder, use of a firearm…