COM. v. JOHNSON


838 A.2d 663 (2003)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Raymond JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 18, 2003.

Reargument Denied February 19, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. McMahon, Jr., West Conshohocken, for Raymond Johnson, Appellant.

Mark Carlyle Baldwin, Alisa Rebecca Hobart, Reading, Amy Zapp, Harrisburg, for the Com. of PA, Appellee.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and LAMB, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is a capital, direct appeal.

On the evening of June 18, 1996, in connection with a territorial dispute between groups involved in the sale of illicit drugs, Louis Combs ("Combs" or the "victim"), was fatally shot in a breezeway next to 437 Schuylkill Avenue in the City of Reading. Following investigation, Appellant, Raymond Johnson ("Appellant" or "Johnson"), was...

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