COM. v. CHAMBERLAIN

Nos. 155 CAP, No. 586 CAP

30 A.3d 381 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Terry Ray CHAMBERLAIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 14, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Heidi Fisher Eakin , Lemoyne, George H. Matangos, Harrisburg, Costopoulos, Foster & Fields, for Terry Ray Chamberlain.

John Scott Robinette , Towanda, William Ross Stoycos, Amy Zapp, Harrisburg, 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 Terry Ray Chamberlain appeals from the sentence of death imposed on May 13, 1994, after a jury convicted him of two counts of first-degree murder, burglary, and possessing an instrument of crime. On direct appeal to this Court, we held that the trial court abused its discretion in denying a pretrial motion for continuance to allow Appellant to obtain DNA testing of certain blood evidence. Commonwealth v. Chamberlain...

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