P. v. Williams CA3
On July 27, 1998, 21-year-old Mallory Treadwell was scheduled to board a bus to join the California Conservation Corps. Instead, later that afternoon, a young girl found his bound, beaten, and strangled body in an irrigation ditch in Rio Linda. Juries twice found defendant David Earl Williams guilty of the first degree murder of Treadwell. Sentenced to 25 years to life in prison after his 2016 retrial, defendant appeals. He contends there is insufficient evidence of premeditation and deliberation. The manner of the killing and defendant’s motive--his mistaken belief that Treadwell had burglarized his house--provide sufficient evidence to support the conviction for first degree murder. We affirm.
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