Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
POMEROY, Justice.
On the evening of June 19, 1971, Roy Williams, the appellant, stabbed his wife to death. He was convicted by a jury of murder in the first degree for that slaying. Post-verdict motions were denied and a sentence of life imprisonment imposed. Williams has appealed from the judgment of sentence.
The Commonwealth’s uncontradicted evidence established that on the evening in question the appellant was seated in his automobile in a parking lot across the street from the apartment of his estranged wife’s sister and her husband, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Craig. At…
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2Cases cited10 opinions
- Mullaney v. WilburSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. ClairSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. DemmittSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. SisakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1969
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3Cited by47 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. MillerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. CooleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. LesherSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
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