COM. v. GIBSON


925 A.2d 167 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Jerome GIBSON, Appellee. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Jerome Gibson, Appellant. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Jerome Gibson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 26, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Gary Gambardella, Esq., Amy Zapp, Esq., Bucks County District Attorney's Office, Doylestown, for Common-wealth of Pennsylvania.

Samuel J.B. Angell, Esq., James Milton Anderson, Esq., Helen A. Marino, Esq., Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for Jerome Gibson.

Samuel J.B. Angell, Esq., James Milton Anderson, Esq., Philadelphia, for Jerome Gibson.

Thomas Gary Gambardella, Esq., Amy Zapp, Esq., Bucks County District Attorney's Office, Doylestown, for Common-wealth of Pennsylvania.

Samuel J.B. Angell, Esq., Helen A. Marino, Esq., Defender Association of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, for Jerome Gibson.

BEFORE: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, BALDWIN and FITZGERALD, JJ.


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.1

Appellant, Jerome Gibson, was convicted of first-degree murder and sentenced to death in 1995, and this Court affirmed the conviction and sentence on direct appeal. See Commonwealth v. Gibson, 553 Pa. 648, 720 A.2d 473 (1998). In proceedings under the Post Conviction Relief Act, 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546 (the "PCRA...

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