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COM. v. THOMAS

No. 559 CAP.

54 A.3d 332 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Donte THOMAS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. Bruno , Glenside, for Donte Thomas.

Hugh J. Burns Jr. , Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Christopher D. Carusone , Philadelphia, 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 McCAFFERY.

This is a direct appeal from a judgment of sentence of death on one count of first-degree murder. We affirm.

On September 18, 2007, a jury found Donte Thomas ("Appellant") guilty of first-degree murder in the February 3, 2006 shooting death of Tyreese Gaymon a/k/a Tyreese Allen ("Gaymon/Allen").1 The Commonwealth's theory of the case was that...

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