Commonwealth v. Ragan

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s second petition under the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. § 9541 et seq. For the following reasons, we affirm.

On the day of this murder, Darren Brown was pursuing persons who assailed his brother. When he encountered appellant on a set of stairs, appellant drew a pistol and shot Brown in the chest; after Brown collapsed, appellant fired 12 more shots into Brown’s body.

A jury convicted appellant of first degree murder, possessing instruments of crime, and recklessly endangering another person. The jury found…