COM. v. JOHNSON

No. 558 CAP

985 A.2d 915 (2009)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Kareem JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 29, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Coard, for Kareem Johnson.

Amy Zapp, PA Office of Attorney General, Harrisburg, Hugh J. Burns, Jr., Philadelphia District Attorney's Office, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, GREENSPAN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

On December 15, 2002, Appellant and at least one other person shot Walter Smith to death on the street in front of a bar in North Philadelphia. Some three months before his violent death, Mr. Smith had told police that an acquaintance of Appellant's, Clinton Robinson, was responsible for the August 2002 murder of another person, Margaret Thomas. Appellant was arrested in May 2006, for the murder of Mr. Smith. The Commonwealth...

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