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WILLIAMS v. OKLAHOMA

No. 124.

358 U.S. 576 (1959)

WILLIAMS v. OKLAHOMA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 24, 1959.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Ladner, Jr. filed a brief and argued the cause, pro hac vice, by special leave of the Court, for petitioner.

Mac Q. Williamson, Attorney General of Oklahoma, and Sam H. Lattimore, Assistant Attorney General, argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE WHITTAKER delivered the opinion of the Court.

Upon his plea of guilty to a charge of kidnaping in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, petitioner was sentenced to death. On appeal, the Criminal Court of Appeals of Oklahoma affirmed, 321 P.2d 990, and certiorari was sought on the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution...

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