Commonwealth v. Young

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

Richard Young (Appellant) appeals from the Judgment of the Court of Common Pleas of Lackawanna County (trial court) sentencing him to death on his conviction for first degree murder. Appellant raises a plethora of issues concerning both the guilt phase and the penalty phase of the trial. For the reasons discussed herein, we affirm Appellant’s conviction, but reverse the death sentence and remand for a new sentencing hearing.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

On March 21, 1979, F.B.I. Agent Daniel Glasgow (Agent Glasgow) interviewed Russell Loomis (Loomis) concerning a fraud…