Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Williams
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 21, 2006No. 357 CAPPublishedCited by 146 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Justice EAKIN.
On August 21, 2001, appellant,. James T. Williams, a.k.a. “Mathematics,”1 was convicted of first degree murder, robbery, and conspiracy to commit robbery,2 and was sentenced to death. This direct appeal arises pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h)(1) (automatic direct appeal from death sentence to this Court). We affirm.
*565On May 29, 1995, Richard White, a.k.a. “Pookie,” telephoned Lamar Peterson, a friend of appellant, seeking to buy a large quantity of marijuana to replenish the inventory for his drug dealing operation. Peterson concluded that if White had sold all his…
2Cases cited65 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Brady v. MarylandSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Faretta v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Lockett v. OhioSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1965
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3Cited by146 opinions
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2009
- Commonwealth v. WashingtonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
- Commonwealth v. LeskoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
- Commonwealth v. SneedSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. BlakeneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
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