Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 6/4/1999

Commonwealth v. Williams

Citations

732 A.2d 1167
557 Pa. 207
1999 Pa. LEXIS 1552

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

recognizing that this issue has been decided on numerous occasions and refusing to revisit the issue
recognizing that this issue has been decided on numerous occasions and refusing to revisit the issue
holding that counsel’s strategy would be constitutionally effective if the tactical course chosen “had some reasonable basis designed to effectuate his client’s interests”
holding that trial court judge may judge credibility of recantation where he/she also sat for the trial
holding that relief is unavailable for undeveloped claims where insufficient arguments are presented on appeal
holding that the corrupt source charge is appropriate when the evidence is sufficient to present a jury question about whether a witness could be indicted for the crime for which the accused is charged

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Judges: Flaherty, Zappala, Cappy, Castille, Nigro, Newman, Saylor

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