Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Hall

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided January 27, 2005PublishedCited by 79 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 The trial judge denied Robert Hall’s Post-Conviction Relief Act petition and appellant has appealed. We must therefore revisit the gruesome beating and murder of Edward Williams which, a jury found,' was done by appellant’s hands. ■

Facts

¶ 2 On March 29, 1997, in between the hours of 2 a.m. and 4 a.m., Edward Williams left his house, holding a “wad of money” worth $1,400. A short time later, Williams was beaten and then, with a shotgun blast to the back of his head, murdered in a home owned by Robert Hall.

¶ 3 The day after this terrible event occurred was Easter…

2Cases cited35 opinions

  1. Michelson v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
  2. Commonwealth v. GrantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2002
  3. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Mitchell v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1999
  5. Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003

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3Cited by79 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. FordSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  2. Commonwealth v. EinhornSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
  3. Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  4. Commonwealth v. MaskerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  5. Commonwealth v. LawrenceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008

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