Commonwealth v. Ligons

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

Appellant, Antoine Ligons (“Ligons”), appeals from a sentence of death imposed for the first-degree murder and robbery of Clarence Johnson, a pizza deliveryman.

On the evening of April 6, 1996, Ligons and his girlfriend, Irene Williams, were sitting on the porch of her home at 320 North Horton Street in West Philadelphia. Also present were Cecil Jackson and his brother Edward. Cecil Jackson was a childhood friend of Ligons and the boyfriend of his mother, who lived next door at 322 North Horton Street. The Jackson brothers routinely teased Ligons and were doing so on…