COM. v. MARTIN

No. 603 CAP

101 A.3d 706 (2014)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Jeffrey Robert MARTIN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided September 24, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry J. Cancelmi Jr., Esq. , Waynesburg, for Jeffrey Robert Martin.

Amy Zapp, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, Linda Marie Chambers, Esq. , Waynesburg, 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 other charges arising from the strangulation death of a twelve-year-old girl. The jury concluded, with respect to the circumstances of the murder, that the aggravating factors (committing murder to prevent testimony in a possible criminal proceeding regarding a felony and committing a killing in...

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