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COMMONWEALTH v. KNIGHT

No. 775 CAP.

241 A.3d 620 (2020)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Melvin KNIGHT, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided: November 18, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Timothy Paul Dawson, and James H. Robinson Jr., Esqs. , for Appellant.

Leo Joseph Ciaramitaro , John W. Peck II , Katie Lynne Ranker, Esqs. , Westmoreland County District Attorney's Office, Ronald Eisenberg, Esq. Pennsylvania Attorney General's Office, for Appellee.

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

OPINION

Melvin Knight appeals the judgment of sentence of death imposed by the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas following his second penalty trial for his role in the 2010 torture and murder of Jennifer Daugherty ("the Victim"), a 30-year-old intellectually...

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