Commonwealth v. Blakeney

OPINION

Chief Justice CASTILLE.

This is a direct appeal from a sentence of death imposed by the Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas on August 8, 2002, following a capital jury trial. Because we find the issues raised by appellant without merit, we affirm the convictions and judgments of sentence.

Sacha Blakeney, the estranged wife of appellant, Herbert Blakeney, lived in an apartment at 63 North 14th Street in Harrisburg with Duana Swanson and their respective children. Responding to a report of a domestic disturbance at the apartment on February 1, 2000, Harrisburg Police found appellant and…