Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 21, 1979No. 245PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’BRIEN, Judge:
On April 26, 1972, appellant, Roy Williams, was convicted of murder of the first degree by a jury which thereafter set his sentence at life imprisonment. Following denial of his post-verdict motions, appellant appealed to the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, who reversed the judgment of sentence and ordered a new trial. Commonwealth v. Williams, 463 Pa. 370, 344 A.2d 877 (1975). 1
A second trial was held and, on March 2, 1976, appellant was again convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree. Post-verdict motions were denied and, on March 30, 1978, appellant was sentenced to…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Commonwealth v. McCuskerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. YountSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
- Commonwealth v. LopinsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Commonwealth v. ZettlemoyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982
- Commonwealth v. EllisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1993
- Commonwealth v. ColsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Capan v. Divine Providence HospitalSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1980
- Commonwealth v. GrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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