Commonwealth v. Williams

OPINION BY

LALLY-GREEN, J.:

¶ 1 Appellant, Jermaine Williams, appeals pro se from the order entered on May 1, 2003, denying his petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 9541-9546. We affirm.

¶ 2 The factual and procedural history of the case is as follows. On April 25, 1997, a jury convicted Appellant of first-degree murder arising from the shooting death of Kenneth Billie. The Commonwealth did not seek the death penalty. On the same day, the trial court imposed a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment. The court did not provide Appellant with the right of…