COM. v. HAIRSTON

No. 643 CAP

84 A.3d 657 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Kenneth HAIRSTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 21, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael James Healey, Esq. , Healey & Hornack, P.C., Pittsburgh, for Kenneth Hairston.

Rebecca Good McBride, Esq. , Allegheny County District Attorney's Office, Amy Zapp, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice BAER.

Appellant Kenneth Hairston was convicted of two counts of murder on April 12, 2002, and, following the penalty phase, was sentenced to death for each murder conviction. Appellant failed to file a timely post-sentence motion or a timely appeal, thereby waiving his individual claims of error. This Court, therefore, engaged solely in our limited, automatic review of death penalty cases, evaluating the sufficiency of the evidence...

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