Commonwealth v. Williams

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Nix,

This case raises the interesting question of the effect of the failure of the trial judge to comply with Pa. R. Crim. P. 1101 1 providing in pertinent part for an on-the-record inquiry prior to the acceptance of a waiver of trial by jury.

After a non-jury trial the appellant was convicted of two indictments charging assault and battery with the intent to murder and a separate indictment charging burglary. Post-trial motions were argued and denied and a sentence of imprisonment of three and one-half to seven years was imposed. The Superior Court affirmed, per curiam,…