COMMONWEALTH v. TRAVAGLIA

No. 571 CAP.

28 A.3d 868 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Michael J. TRAVAGLIA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 28, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ned J. Nakles , Nakles & Nakles, Latrobe, Dante G. Bertani , Greensburg, for Michael J. Travaglia.

Thomas R. Grace , John W. Peck , Westmoreland County District Attoney's Office, Greensburg, Amy Zapp , PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice TODD.

Michael J. Travaglia appeals the sentence of death imposed by the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas following a penalty hearing held pursuant to a grant of federal habeas corpus relief. For the reasons that follow, we affirm Appellant's judgment of sentence.

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