Commonwealth v. Williams

OPINION

Chief Justice CAPPY.

A jury found Appellant guilty of first-degree murder1 and of abuse of a corpse.2 Subsequently, Appellant received a sentence of death.3 This is a direct appeal from the judgment of the sentence of death. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

The relevant facts of this case are as follows. Appellant and Frances Williams, the victim in this case, married in June of 1995. On August 12, 1999, Frances disappeared. Immediately prior to Frances’ disappearance, the couple had been experiencing marital discord that stemmed from various problems, including allegations of…