Commonwealth v. Wilson

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is a direct appeal from a sentence of death 1 imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. Following a trial by jury, Appellant, Zachary Wilson, was convicted of first degree murder 2 and possession of an instrument of crime. 3 The jury found two aggravating circumstances 4 and no mitigating circumstances and therefore sentenced Appellant to death.

In accordance with the standard established in Commonwealth v. Zettlemoyer, 500 Pa. 16, 26-27 n. 3, 454 A.2d 937, 942 n. 3 (1982), cert. denied, 461 U.S. 970, 103 S.Ct. 2444, 77 L.Ed.2d 1327 (1983),…