Commonwealth v. Williams

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Jones,

Following a negotiated guilty plea to a charge of murder1 and to a charge of unlawful carrying of a firearm without a license, appellant was sentenced to six to fifteen years on the murder bill with a concurrent sentence of one and one-half to three years on the weapons charge. Appellant’s only argument on this appeal is that his guilty plea was not knowingly and voluntarily entered since it was primarily motivated by the existence of an illegally-obtained confession.

Appellant argues, as he did at the suppression hearing, that he was suffering from severe…