Withrow v. Williams

Withrow v. Williams
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 3, 1992 Decided April 21, 1993
Full case name	Pamela Withrow, Petitioner v. Robert Allen Williams, Jr.
Citations	507 U.S. 680 (more) 113 S. Ct. 1745; 123 L. Ed. 2d 407; 1993 U.S. LEXIS 2980; 61 U.S.L.W. 4352; 93 Cal. Daily Op. Service 2893; 93 Daily Journal DAR 4974; 7 Fla. L. Weekly Fed. S 191
Court membership
Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices Byron White · Harry Blackmun John P. Stevens · Sandra Day O'Connor Antonin Scalia · Anthony Kennedy David Souter · Clarence Thomas
Case opinions
Majority	Souter, joined by unanimous (part III); White, Blackmun, Stevens, Kennedy (parts I, II, IV)
Concur/dissent	O'Connor, joined by Rehnquist
Concur/dissent	Scalia, joined by Thomas

Withrow v. Williams, 507 U.S. 680 (1993), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that Fifth Amendment Miranda v. Arizona arguments can be raised again in federal habeas corpus proceedings, even if a criminal defendant had a fair chance to argue those claims in state court.^[1] The Court rejected the state's argument that Stone v. Powell, a case holding the opposite in the context of Fourth Amendment claims on habeas review, applied in Williams' case.^[2]

See also

• List of United States Supreme Court cases
• Lists of United States Supreme Court cases by volume
• List of United States Supreme Court cases by the Rehnquist Court

References

1. Withrow v. Williams, 507 U.S. 680, 694-95 (1993).
2. Withrow, 507 U.S. at 682-83.

External links

• Text of Withrow v. Williams, 507 U.S. 680 (1993) is available from: Findlaw Justia Library of Congress Oyez (oral argument audio)