Commonwealth v. Williams

Opinion by

Cercone, J.,

This appeal stems from appellant’s conviction of Sections 61061 and 61082 of the Pennsylvania Uniform Firearms Act. Such convictions were based on the following evidence.

On the afternoon of March 25, 1974, Tyree Johnson, a reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News, was walking on the 2200 block of Harlan Street in Philadelphia when he heard several gunshots. As he rounded the corner of Harlan onto 22nd Street he observed appellant firing a longdoarrelled, jet black hand gun at a fast-moving tan Cadillac. After the Cadillac turned a corner appellant then held the gun to…