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COM. v. MORALES

No. 629 CAP.

91 A.3d 80 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Hector MORALES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 28, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey Charles Marshall, Esq. , York County Domestic Relations Office, Joanne Tyler-Floyd, Esq. , for Hector Manuel Morales.

Karen Eileen Comery, Esq. , Amy Zapp, Esq. , 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 death sentence imposed after a jury convicted Appellant of one count of first-degree murder and one count of burglary. The jury concluded, with respect to imposition of sentence, that the aggravating circumstances (committing murder to prevent testimony in a possible criminal proceeding regarding a felony and committing a killing in perpetration of a felony) outweighed the mitigating circumstance...

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