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COM. v. KENNEDY

No. 526 CAP

959 A.2d 916 (2008)

COMMONWEALTH of PENNSYLVANIA, Appellee v. Christopher KENNEDY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 20, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Scott Rudenstein, Esq., for Christopher Kennedy.

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

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., and SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY and GREENSPAN, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is a direct appeal from a sentence of death imposed upon Appellant, Christopher Kennedy, for the first-degree murder of Michael Richardson.

Background

On January 19, 2003, Appellant, James Richardson, his brother Jamaar Richardson, Lavar Brown, and Ronald Vann planned to rob a drug store at which Jamaar Richardson worked.1 According to

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