Carl Goodwin Williams v. Charles L. Wolff, Jr., Successor to Maurice H. Sigler, Warden of Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex

Carl Goodwin Williams, the appellant, was found guilty of the crime of first degree murder, after a jury trial in 1966, and was sentenced to life imprisonment. In June of 1968 the Supreme Court of Nebraska affirmed the conviction. State v. Williams, 183 Neb. 257, 159 N.W.2d 549 (1968). On February 22, 1969, Williams petitioned the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska for a writ of habeas corpus, moving for summary judgment therein on October 12, 1971, the motion being “based upon the pleadings and stipulation submitted to the Court by the parties, including records of…