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COM. v. MAISONET

No. 490 CAP.

31 A.3d 689 (2011)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Orlando MAISONET, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 28, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard L. Siegel , for Orlando Maisonet.

Amy Zap , PA Office of Attorney General, Hugh J. Burns, Jr. , Susan Willcox , Danbury, CT, Philadelphia District Attorney's Office for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is a capital direct appeal deriving from the killing of Jorge Figueroa.

Mr. Figueroa was stabbed to death in August 1982 in the Colon family home in Philadelphia. His body was taken to an abandoned row house, where it was later discovered by police.

By his own account, Heriberto Colon ("Colon") was a participant in a local drug organization known as the Arroyos, which was responsible for the killing. Soon after...

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