KENNETH D. WILLIAMS

DOB: February 23, 1979
Race: African American
Gender: Male

County of conviction: Lincoln
Number of counts: 1
Race of victim: African American
Gender of victim: Female
Date of crime: December 13, 1998
Date of sentencing: August 30, 2000

Trial Counsel:

Dale Adams

Current proceedings:

• Federal Habeas Proceedings pending in Williams v. Norris, U.S. Dist. Ct. ED of Ark., No. 4:07-mc-00008-SWW.

Last judicial decision:

• Appeal from Circuit Court affirmed in Williams v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2007 WL 615120 (March 1, 2007).

Current counsel:

Jeffrey M. Rosenzweig
300 Spring Building, Suite 310
Little Rock, AR 72201-2421
(501) 372-5247

Reported Opinions:

• Appeal from Circuit Court affirmed in Williams v. State, ___ S.W.3d ___, 2007 WL 615120 (March 1, 2007).
   
• Denial of Rule 37 motion by circuit court.
   
• Conviction and sentence affirmed on direct appeal by Williams v. State, 36 S.W.3d 324 (Ark. 2001).

Significant legal issues:

• Ineffective assistant of trial counsel for failing to object to victim impact evidence.
   
• Ineffective assistance of trial counsel for failing to strike for cause a pro-death penalty juror.
   
• Circuit Court erred in not allowing funds for an investigator.
   
• conviction on general verdict of capital felony-murder, where trial court submitted underlying felonies of first-degree escape and aggravated robbery, and where evidence was held insufficient to submit on first-degree escape
   
• shackling of Mr. Williams during trial in light of disruptive behavior at previous trial
   
• trial court's exclusion of evidence that the Department of Corrections was negligent in allowing Mr. Williams to escape prior to the murder, offered by the defense as mitigating evidence at the penalty phase

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