Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 18, 1978No. 559PublishedCited by 103 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
O’BRIEN, Justice.
Appellant, Kevin Williams, was convicted of murder of the first degree in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, and sentenced to life imprisonment. He appeals the judgment of sentence.
Appellant was charged in connection with the death of James Spinks. The victim, accompanied by a friend, James Norwood, was walking southward on the east side of 32nd Street in Philadelphia between 9:00 and 10:00 p. m. on September 30, 1972. Just after they crossed Berks Street, Spinks was fatally shot from the rear. A .22 caliber bullet entered the right back, passed through the…
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