Legal Opinion

Williams v. State

Indiana Supreme Court

Decided January 14, 1986No. 384S88PublishedCited by 4 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GIVAN, Chief Justice.

In December of 1976, appellant was tried and convicted for First Degree Murder and Murder in the Perpetration of a Robbery. In July of 1978, that conviction was affirmed by this Court. Williams v. State (1978), 268 Ind. 618, 377 N.E.2d 1340. In October of 1983, the trial court denied appellant’s Petition for Post-Conviction Relief, from which decision she now appeals. We affirm the trial court.

Appellant first claims her appellate counsel rendered ineffective assistance by failing to raise on appeal all issues reserved in her motion to correct error. In determining…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Strickland v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Burnett v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Hendrixson v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1974

3Cited by4 opinions

  1. Wickliffe v. StateIndiana Supreme Court · 1988
  2. Heyward v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1988
  3. Hall v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1995
  4. Tyra v. StateIndiana Court of Appeals · 1991

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