Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 9, 1992No. 16 E.D. Appeal Docket 1990PublishedCited by 131 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an automatic direct appeal1 from a sentence of death imposed upon appellant, Craig Williams, by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, following his conviction of murder of the first degree. We affirm the judgment of sentence of death.
*272A jury found appellant guilty of murder of the first degree,2 recklessly endangering another person,3 and possessing instruments of crime.4 A separate penalty hearing was held regarding the murder conviction. The jury found one aggravating circumstance and no mitigating circumstances, and fixed appellant’s…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Penry v. LynaughSupreme Court of the United States · 1989
- Commonwealth v. PierceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1987
- Proffitt v. FloridaSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by131 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
- Commonwealth v. Abu-JamalSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1994
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