Commonwealth v. Williams

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

The Commonwealth appeals from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny County granting appellee’s Post-Conviction Relief Act (PCRA)1 petition and vacating his sentence of death on the basis that appellee demonstrated, by a preponderance of the evidence, that he is mentally retarded. As we find the PCRA court’s factual findings are supported by substantial evidence, and its legal conclusions drawn therefrom are free from error, we affirm.

A jury convicted appellee of first degree murder2 and abuse of a corpse3 for stabbing his wife, Frances Williams, to death.4…