Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Williams

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided May 31, 2000PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

CERCONE, President Judge Emeritus:

¶ 1 Appellant, Walter Williams, appeals from the Judgment of Sentence imposed by the Trial Court after it convicted him of three counts of criminal contempt of court. 1 After review, we vacate and remand for resentencing.

¶2 In October of 1995, Appellant pled guilty to robbery and was sentenced by The Honorable Rayford A. Means of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia to a term of six (6) to twenty-three (23) months imprisonment followed by a term of two (2) years probation. After imposing sentence, Judge Means immediately paroled Appellant.

¶3 In 1997,…

2Cases cited26 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. LordSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Codispoti v. PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
  3. Commonwealth v. GriscavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1986
  4. Commonwealth v. ComerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  5. Commonwealth v. MayberrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. BakerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2001
  2. In re C.W.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2008
  3. Smith v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2004
  4. United States v. Lawrence Murphy, United States of America v. Lawrence MurphyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2017

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