COMMONWEALTH v. CHMIEL

No. 726 CAP.

173 A.3d 617 (2017)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. David CHMIEL, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: November 22, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Brian Lev, Esq. , James H. Moreno, Esq. , Tracy L. Ulstad, Esq. , for Appellant.

Philip Michael McCarthy, Esq. , Amy Zapp, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, for Appellee.

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


OPINION

In 2002, David Chmiel was convicted and sentenced to death for the murder of three elderly siblings.1 At Chmiel's 2002 trial, the Commonwealth relied upon the testimony of a state police forensic examiner, who opined that hair found at the crime scene was microscopically...

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