Legal Opinion
State v. Williams
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Decided January 31, 1969No. 661PublishedCited by 106 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtBobbitt, J.
Defendants assign as error the action of the court “in excusing from the jury those jurors who expressed the personal conviction that they were opposed to capital punishment.” This assignment is based solely on the following statement in the agreed case on appeal: “In the selection of the jury the court excused from the jury all those jurors who stated that they were opposed to Capital Punishment. EXCEPTION No. 1.” Defendants rely upon Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510, 20 L. ed. 2d 776, 88 S. Ct. 1770.
A jury had convicted Witherspoon of murder and had fixed his penalty at death. In…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Bruton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Witherspoon v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Pointer v. TexasSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Roberts v. RussellSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
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3Cited by106 opinions
- State v. CollinsSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1993
- State v. HendersonSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- State v. NoellSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1974
- State v. BassSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
- State v. DavisSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1972
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