COM. v. WILLIAMS


732 A.2d 1167 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Roy L. WILLIAMS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 4, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Brett Dunham, Philadelphia, for R. Williams.

Catherine Marshall, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for the Com.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.


OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying post-conviction relief in this capital case. We affirm in part, and remand for limited further proceedings.

On January 27, 1988, shortly after telling companions that, for no apparent reason, he would kill the first white man that he saw, Appellant Roy L. Williams ("Williams...

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