# People v. Williams

> California Supreme Court · July 7, 1969 · 71 Cal. 2d 614

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9562228

## Case

- **Full name:** The PEOPLE, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. OLIVER STANLEY WILLIAMS, Defendant and Appellant
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** July 7, 1969
- **Citations:** 71 Cal. 2d 614; 79 Cal. Rptr. 65; 456 P.2d 633; 1969 Cal. LEXIS 276
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Burke
- **Judges:** Peters, Burke, Traynor, Tobriner, Peek, McComb, Sullivan
- **Cited by:** 53 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

BURKE, J.
Finding no error under Witherspoon v. Illinois, 391 U.S. 510 [ 20 L.Ed.2d 776 , 88 S.Ct. 1770 ], I dissent from the reversal as to penalty. In all other respects I concur.
McComb, J., and Sullivan, J., concurred.
The petitions of the appellant and the respondent for a rehearing were denied September 17, 1969. Peek, J., * sat in place of Mosk, J., who deemed himself disqualified. McComb, J., Burke, J., and Sullivan, J., were of the opinion that the respondent’s petition should be granted.

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