COMMONWEALTH v. PRUITT

No. 727 CAP.

162 A.3d 394 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Michael PRUITT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

DECIDED: June 20, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael David Dautrich, Esq. , Dautrich and Dautrich, for Michael Pruitt, Appellant.

Jonathan H. Kurland, Esq. , Berks County District Attorney's Office, Amy Zapp, Esq. , Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Appellee.

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


OPINION

This is a capital post-conviction appeal.

On September 23, 2003, Appellant forcibly entered the Berks County home of Greta A. Gougler, where he robbed, raped, and murdered her. Appellant was arrested, tried, and convicted for first-degree murder, rape, robbery, and other offenses, and a jury...

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