COM. v. CHAPMAN

No. 682 CAP.

136 A.3d 126 (2016)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Laquanta CHAPMAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted January 20, 2016.

Decided March 29, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Michael Farrell, Esq. , P.J. Redmond, Esq. , Chester County Public Defender's Office, for Laquanta Chapman.

Patrick Carmody, Esq. , Nicholas J. Casenta Jr., Esq. , Chester County District Attorney's Office, Amy Zapp , Harrisburg, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, JJ.


OPINION

This is a capital direct appeal.

On October 30, 2008, Appellant shot and killed his sixteen-year-old neighbor, Aaron Turner, in the basement of Appellant's residence. Subsequently, with the assistance of his younger cousin, Bryan Bird, Appellant dismembered the victim's body and disposed of...

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