COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS


210 Pa.Super. 416 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

September 5, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin Lerner, Assistant Defender, with him Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defender, and Herman I. Pollock, Defender, for appellant.

David L. Creskoff, Assistant District Attorney, with him Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ.


OPINION PER CURIAM, September 5, 1967:

Judgment of sentence affirmed.

DISSENTING OPINION BY HOFFMAN, J.:

I respectfully dissent.

Defendant, Ronald Williams, was indicted and charged with aggravated robbery, rape and related offenses. The jury returned a verdict of guilty on all counts.

On appeal, defendant contends that the trial judge committed fundamental error by improperly instructing the jury on the Commonwealth's burden in a criminal...

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