COM. v. HOUSMAN

No. 452 CAP

986 A.2d 822 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. William HOUSMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Re-Submitted February 25, 2008.

Decided December 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David J. Foster, Costopoulos, Foster & Fields, Lemoyne, for William Housman.

Jaime M. Keating, District Attorney's Office of Cumberland County, Amy Zapp, Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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


OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

This is a direct appeal from a death sentence imposed on appellant for the first degree murder1 of Leslie White, and the related crimes of kidnapping, theft by unlawful taking or disposition, unlawful restraint, abuse of corpse, and criminal conspiracy.2 We affirm.

Shortly after graduating from high school, Leslie White, the victim, met appellant when she began...

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