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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

443 Pa. 85 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 1, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Mattioni, for appellant.

Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, with him Steven H. Goldblatt, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS and POMEROY, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, June 1, 1971:

This appeal is from the judgment of sentence imposed on the appellant, James Williams, following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree.

The prosecution resulted from the fatal stabbing of Robert Whitaker. Williams contends the trial evidence was insufficient to connect him with the crime. We disagree.

As we have said many times, the test to be applied in determining the sufficiency of the...

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