COM. v. SANCHEZ

No. 605 CAP

82 A.3d 943 (2013)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Alfonso SANCHEZ, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 17, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stuart Brian Lev, Esq. , Helen A. Marino, Esq. , Defender Association of Philadelphia, for Alfonso Sanchez.

Thomas Gary Gambardella, Esq. , Office of the District Attorney, Stephen B. Harris, Esq. , Michelle Ann Henry, Esq. , Robert J. Salzer, Esq. , Maureen Flannery Spang, Esq. , Bucks County District Attorney's Office, Amy Zapp, Esq. , PA Office of Attorney General, for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

Before: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

This is a direct appeal nunc pro tunc from a death sentence imposed after a jury convicted Appellant of two counts of first-degree murder for the shooting deaths of Mendez Thomas and Lisa Diaz, both of whom were killed by gunshots to the head fired at close range. The jury concluded, with respect to the circumstances of the murder of Mendez Thomas, that the aggravating factors did not outweigh the mitigating factors...

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