People v. Williams
Annotate this CaseAfter a jury trial, Defendant was found guilty of two first degree murders and two counts of second degree robbery. The trial court sentenced Defendant to death. The Supreme Court affirmed the judgment, holding (1) the trial court did not commit prejudicial error in pretrial proceedings, including its denial of three Batson/Wheeler motions; (2) the trial court did not commit prejudicial error during the guilt phase of the trial, including its upholding of the prosecutor's objection to defense counsel's questioning of an accomplice; (3) the trial court did not commit prejudicial err during the penalty phase of the trial; (4) Defendant failed to demonstrate he was prejudiced by trial counsel's assistance, and the remainder of Defendant's ineffective assistance of counsel claims could only be addressed in a habeas corpus petition; and (5) California's death penalty law is constitutional.
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