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COM. v. JOHNSON

556 Pa. 216 (1999)

727 A.2d 1089

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Roderick Andre JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 26, 1999.

Reargument Denied June 28, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Adams, Reading, for R. Johnson.

Mark C. Balwin, Reading, Robert A Graci, Harrisburg, Iva C. Dougherty, Reading, for Commonwealth.

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

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

Roderick Andre Johnson (Appellant) files this direct appeal of his two convictions for first-degree murder and death sentence following a jury trial. We affirm.

In our direct review of all cases in which the death penalty is imposed, this Court independently reviews the sufficiency of the evidence regardless of whether the defendant challenges the conviction on that ground. Commonwealth v. Jones,

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