Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided February 29, 1988No. 1450PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POPOVICH, Judge:

Appellant, Donald Williams, was tried before a jury and found guilty of robbery and possession of an instrument of crime. Post-trial motions were denied. Appellant was sentenced to eight (8) to twenty (20) years imprisonment on the robbery charge and a concurrent term of two and one-half (2V2) to five (5) years on the possession of an instrument of crime charge. This appeal followed, and we affirm.

Appellant presents two issues for our review on appeal: (1) whether reversible error was committed when the trial court permitted the Commonwealth to impeach the most critical…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
  2. Commonwealth Ex Rel. Washington v. MaroneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1967
  3. Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
  4. Commonwealth v. StorySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
  5. Commonwealth v. NorrisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1982

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1990
  2. Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  4. Commonwealth v. MehalicSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1989
  5. Russell v. HubiczSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1993

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