State v. Williams

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[Williams] assumes that provocation is an element of the voluntary manslaughter offense. It is not.”
• prosecutor improperly pointed a gun at a juror during a demonstration
• prosecutor improperly pointed a gun at a juror during a demonstration
• “[I]f the elements of murder are supported by substantial evidence, an erroneous determination that provocation exists is not reversible error because it is error that favors the accused.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Graves
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2003-09-04· cited 406×
• State of Iowa v. Marshaun Jordan Merrett
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2014-01-17· cited 27×
• State of Iowa v. Lashawn Thurman
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2015-01-28
• State of Iowaa v. Derrick Cook Maynard
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2023-08-30
• State of Iowa v. Owo Robin Nyal Bol
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2023-11-08
• State of Iowa v. Craig Lee Rockenbach
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-07-23
• State of Iowa v. Arthur James Flowers
  Court of Appeals of Iowa· 2025-08-06

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• State v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1989-11-22· cited 51×
• State v. Lott
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-06-29· cited 50×
• State v. Gilroy
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1972-06-29· cited 46×
• State v. Bishop
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1986-05-21· cited 46×
• State v. Pepples
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1977-02-16· cited 42×
• State v. Webb
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1976-07-30· cited 25×
• State v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-06-18· cited 18×
• State v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1990-03-23· cited 13×
• State v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1991-01-23· cited 13×
• State v. Brant
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1980-08-27· cited 4×