COM. v. RAGAN


923 A.2d 1169 (2007)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Derrick RAGAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided May 31, 2007.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Wiseman, Esq., Philadelphia, for Derrick Ragan.

Amy Zapp, Esq., PA Office of Attorney General, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Esq., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant's second petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. For the following reasons, we affirm.

On the day of this murder, Darren Brown was pursuing persons who assailed his brother. When he encountered appellant on a set of stairs, appellant drew a pistol and shot Brown in the chest; after Brown collapsed, appellant fired 12 more...

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