Williams v. Georgia

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1955-06-06

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Mr. Justice Frankfurter delivered the opinion of the Court. The Court has here under review the decision of a state court rejecting a claim of infirmity in a conviction for murder based on a constitutional ground raised for the first time in an extraordinary proceeding after the conviction had been affirmed on appeal. Respect for the State’s administration of criminal justice requires a detailed narrative of th…

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