Commonwealth v. Bomar

OPINION

JUSTICE CASTILLE.

On October 1, 1998, a jury sitting in the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County convicted appellant of first-degree *440murder,1 rape,2 aggravated assault,3 kidnapping,4 and abuse of corpse5 in connection with the killing of Aimee Willard. At the penalty hearing, the jury found three aggravating circumstances: the killing was committed during the perpetration of a felony,6 the defendant has a significant history of felony convictions involving the use or threat of violence to the person,7 and the defendant has been convicted of another murder committed in any…