Williams v. State

The defendant shot his ex-girlfriend through the ear, cut her throat and stabbed her two children to death.

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Appellant Calvin Williams was found guilty of the malice murders of Ponda Davis, Lisa Bymon, and Bymon’s two children. He was sentenced to four consecutive terms of life in prison without parole.1 He appeals, and for the reasons that follow, we affirm his convictions. 1. The evidence at trial authorized the jury to find that appellant, a married Ludowici police officer, had an affair with Bymon. Just prior to the murders, Bymon ended the relationship. Witnesses testified that appellant had made prior threats against Bymon, that he was very jealous and obsessive about their relationship, and that he had been stalking Bymon. On the night of the murders, a neighbor heard screaming from Davis’s residence and observed someone running from the home. The next day, police officers discovered four dead bodies in the rear bedroom of the home. Twenty-eight year old Davis had been stabbed forty-two times; twenty-six year old Lisa Bymon had been shot in the head through the ear and her throat had been cut; and Bymon’s two children, Desiree, age 7, and Juwan, age 6, had been stabbed multiple times.

A blood trail found in the residence led investigators to conclude that the perpetrator had a pre-existing leg or foot injury. While interviewing appellant, investigators observed fresh bruises and cuts on appellant’s hand for which he had no plausible explanation and confirmed that appellant had recently injured his right ankle and was wearing a “walking boot.” They also learned that he no longer had possession of his service revolver, which was the same caliber weapon used to kill Bymon. Expert testimony revealed the presence of appellant’s blood at several locations within the crime scene, including the bedroom where the victims’ bodies were found, despite appellant’s assertion that he had never been in the Davis residence. A bloody shoe print matching the shoe prints at the scene of the crime was found in appellant’s garage.

Williams v. State

The defendant shot his ex-girlfriend through the ear, cut her throat and stabbed her two children to death.

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