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Williams v. State

The defendant admitted that he fatally stabbed the victim.

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After a jury trial, Hulet Williams was acquitted of malice murder and found guilty of the felony murder of Kenny Ewing and a separate count charging the underlying felony of aggravated assault. The trial court merged the aggravated assault count into the felony murder, entered judgment of conviction on the felony murder verdict, and sentenced Williams to life imprisonment. A motion for new trial was denied, and Williams appeals,1 enumerating as error only the general grounds. 1. Construed most strongly in support of the jury’s verdict, the evidence shows that the victim lived with his mother and with his girlfriend Liz Thornton. During a visit to the victim’s home by Williams, who was also known as Sonny Norman, the two fought and the victim prevailed, although neither man had any visible injuries. Later in the day, Williams returned and used a screwdriver to threaten the victim, who said that he would leave Williams alone. Ms. Thornton testified that, at about 1:30 a.m. that night, she was in her bedroom when she heard a knock on the front door and, after she asked who it was, Williams replied “Sonny.” The victim went to the door, opened it, and was stabbed in the chest.

When police officers located Williams, he gave them items which he had taken or worn to the victim’s home, including a screwdriver and a pair of tennis shoes which had blood from the victim. After being advised of his rights pursuant to Miranda v. Arizona , 384 U. S. 436 86 SC 1602, 16 LE2d 694 1966, Williams confessed that he stabbed the victim but did not mean to kill him. Without being told how the victim died, Williams demonstrated how he stabbed the victim. The medical examiner testified that the cause of death was a single stab wound to the chest and that he did not observe any other preexisting injuries which may have bled earlier in the day.

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