# Williams v. Superior Court

> California Supreme Court · September 8, 1983 · 34 Cal. 3d 584

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9793370

## Case

- **Full name:** FREDRICK WINFIELD WILLIAMS, Petitioner, v. THE SUPERIOR COURT OF PLACER COUNTY, Respondent; THE PEOPLE, Real Party in Interest
- **Court:** California Supreme Court
- **Decided:** September 8, 1983
- **Citations:** 34 Cal. 3d 584; 194 Cal. Rptr. 492; 668 P.2d 799; 1983 Cal. LEXIS 232
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurring in part by Bird
- **Judges:** Broussard, Richardson, Mosk, Bird
- **Cited by:** 26 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding that in determining whether a defendant 26 cannot receive a fair trial in a particular county, the court must examine “(1) the nature and 27 || extent of the publicity; (2) the size of the [county’s] population; (3) the nature and gravity 28 || of the offense; (4) the …

## Opinion text

BIRD, C. J., Concurring and Dissenting.
I concur in that portion of the majority opinion which concludes that a change of venue is necessary in order that petitioner receive a fair trial in this case.
However, for the reasons expressed in my dissenting opinion in Sand v. Superior Court (1983) ante, pages 567, 576 [ 194 Cal.Rptr. 480 , 668 P.2d 787 ], I would find that petitioner is entitled to funds under Penal Code section 987.9. This is a “capital case” within the meaning of section 987.9 since special circumstances are alleged and petitioner may receive a sentence of life without possibility of parole.

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