Legal Opinion

State v. Williams

Supreme Court of Louisiana

Decided April 7, 1980No. 65563PublishedCited by 124 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

383 So.2d 369 (1980)

STATE of Louisiana

v.

Robert Wayne WILLIAMS.

No. 65563.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

April 7, 1980.

Rehearing Denied May 19, 1980.

William J. Guste, Jr., Atty. Gen., Barbara Rutledge, Asst. Atty. Gen., Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., John W. Sinquefield, Asst. Dist. Atty., for plaintiff-appellee.

Marion Weimer, Wyatt & Weimer, Stephen E. Covell, Covell & Covell, Baton Rouge, for defendant-appellant.

BLANCHE, Justice.[*]

The defendant, Robert Wayne Williams, was charged with first degree murder in violation of La.R.S. 14:30. He was found guilty and sentenced to death. On appeal, the…

Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  2. Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
  3. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  4. Gregg v. GeorgiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978

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3Cited by124 opinions

  1. State v. NealSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2001
  2. State v. ShapiroSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1983
  3. State v. GrahamSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1982
  4. State v. BrownSupreme Court of Louisiana · 2005
  5. State v. SealsSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1996

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