1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 722 F.2d
  5. 722 F.2d 104 (1983)
 

WILLIAMS v. KING

No. 83-3767.

722 F.2d 104 (1983)

Robert Wayne WILLIAMS, Petitioner-Appellant, v. John T. KING, Secretary of the Department of Corrections, and Ross Maggio, Jr., Warden, Louisiana State Penitentiary, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 13, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Samuel S. Dalton, Jefferson, La., for petitioner-appellant.

Ossie B. Brown, Dist. Atty., Parish of East Baton Rouge, La., William J. Guste, Atty. Gen., State of La., Baton Rouge, La., for respondents-appellees.

Before BROWN, REAVLEY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

BY THE COURT:

Williams seeks in this successive writ petition a certificate of probable cause and stay of execution. He claims he was denied the right personally to decide whether to testify at the guilt and sentencing phases of trial and that his counsel was ineffective both in appropriating his decision and in the decision they made. We are to grant Williams' request if reasonable jurists would differ as to his right to relief. Persuaded that they would not, the...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases