Williams v. Thaler

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

NANCY F. ATLAS, District Judge.

Adonius Collier was murdered in 1992. A surviving victim led the police to suspect Nanon McKewn Williams’ involvement in the crime. While Williams fled to California, his co-participant in the shootings, Vaal Guevara, turned himself into the police. Guevara’s self-serving confession became the backbone of a flawed prosecution that led to Williams’ capital-murder conviction three years later. The issue now before the Court is whether trial counsel’s failure to seek expert assistance prejudiced Williams. In light of significant post-trial…