Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided May 24, 2004No. S04A0071PublishedCited by 127 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Benham, Justice.

This appeal is from Willie Jerome Williams’s convictions for malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a crime. The evidence at trial showed Williams and another man brought Classie Patillo to a hospital dead from a gunshot wound, the bullet having entered her back and passed through both her lungs and her spine. One emergency room registration clerk testified Williams told her he and Patillo were looking at the gun and it went off as she tried to put it away. Another emergency room registration clerk testified Williams told her he and Patillo were…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Clark v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1999
  4. Washington v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2003
  5. Heard v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2001

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3Cited by127 opinions

  1. Brockman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2013
  2. Davis v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2005
  3. Brooks v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2007
  4. Smith v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 2010
  5. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 2010

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