Commonwealth v. Williams

WIEAND, Judge:

Ronald Williams was found guilty by a jury of theft and criminal conspiracy 1 in connection with the taking of a wallet from a woman while she was boarding a bus outside Kaufman’s Department Store in downtown Pittsburgh. A female accomplice who was with Williams fled the scene and has neither been apprehended nor identified. Following the verdict, defense counsel filed a post-trial motion alleging that the evidence was insufficient to support the verdict. While this was pending, Williams filed pro se a petition under the Post Conviction Hearing Act (PCHA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et…