Commonwealth v. Williams

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, which denied appellant’s petition for post-conviction relief following an evidentiary hearing. In denying the petition, the PCHA court rejected appellant’s claim that his guilty plea had been induced by ineffective assistance of counsel and was thus invalid. We affirm.

Appellant Steven Williams was indicted on charges of murder generally, robbery and criminal conspiracy. Upon certification by the Commonwealth that the charge of murder rose no higher than murder of the third…