Commonwealth v. Williams

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Frazer,

Harold E. Williams has been twice convicted of murder in the first degree with the penalty set as death. The facts of the crime and the reasons for granting a new trial are set forth in Com. v. Williams, 307 Pa. 134, and Com. v. Prophet, 307 Pa. 122, and need not be again recited. The case comes before us now on defendant’s appeal from the second conviction and sentence, alleging many errors in the trial. We will discuss only a few of the assignments, particularly those relating to improper remarks of the assistant district attorney in the course of the…