COM. v. WILLIAMS


475 Pa. 306 (1977)

380 A.2d 367

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Julius WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 1, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy J. Savage, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Dep. Dist. Atty. for Law, Michael R. Stiles, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Adrian D. Luzio, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.


OPINION

PER CURIAM.

Appellant waived a jury trial and the judge sitting alone found him guilty of murder in the third degree. In this direct appeal, he makes two claims: (1) that the Commonwealth failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the gunshot wound which appellant inflicted on decedent was the legal cause of death, and (2) that he was denied effective assistance of trial counsel because counsel failed to impeach an identification witness by introducing...

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