Commonwealth v. Hall
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
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
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