Willie Ray Williams, Appellant v. the State of Texas, Appellee

Summary

The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals affirmed the death sentence for Willie Ray Williams, rejecting all eight of his asserted errors, including claims that a guilty plea before a jury waived his right to a jury trial, that required advisements were omitted, and that the deliberateness issue was improperly handled. The Court held that a guilty plea before a jury constitutes a trial by jury and that the trial court complied with all statutory and constitutional requirements.