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COM. v. LIGONS

773 A.2d 1231 (2001)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Antoine LIGONS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 6, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael E. Wallace, Philadelphia, for appellant, Antoine Ligons.

Catherine Lynn Marshall, Helen T. Kane, Philadelphia, Robert A. Graci, Harrisburg, for appellee, Com. of PA.

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

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

Appellant, Antoine Ligons ("Ligons"), appeals from a sentence of death imposed for the first-degree murder and robbery of Clarence Johnson, a pizza deliveryman.

On the evening of April 6, 1996, Ligons and his girlfriend, Irene Williams, were sitting on the porch of her home at 320 North Horton Street in West Philadelphia. Also present were Cecil Jackson and his brother Edward. Cecil Jackson was a childhood friend of...

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