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COM. v. DIGGS

No. 444 CAP.

949 A.2d 873 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Junious G. DIGGS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 17, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Scott Rudenstein, Esq., for Junious G. Diggs.

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

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

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is a direct appeal from a sentence of death imposed by the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, following Appellant Junious G. Diggs' conviction of the first-degree murder of Johnetta Bryant and related charges.

Background

On March 16, 2002, thirteen-year-old Kaneesha Cooper ("Kaneesha") was sitting on her front porch on Beaumont Street in Philadelphia while her mother Johnetta Bryant (the victim...

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