COM. v. REGA

No. 642 CAP

70 A.3d 777 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Robert Gene REGA, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hunter Stuart Labovitz, Esq., Defender Association of Philadelphia, Eric John Montroy, Esq., Federal Community Defender Office, Eastern District of PA, David M. Osborne, Esq., Federal Public Defender's Office, for Robert Gene Rega.

Amy Zapp, Esq., PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, Jeffrey D. Burkett, Esq., for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

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


OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is a capital post-conviction appeal.

In December 2000, Appellant conspired with others to perpetrate a robbery at the Gateway Lodge in Cooksburg, Jefferson County. In the course of this and other crimes, Appellant shot and killed the night watchman, Christopher Lauth.

Appellant was convicted of first-degree murder and other offenses and sentenced to death in 2002. After a lengthy post-sentence motions process...

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