Commonwealth v. Sherwood

OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

Appellant Brentt Michael Sherwood filed this direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death and a lesser sentence entered by the Court of Common Pleas of Northumberland County following Appellant’s conviction by a jury of first-degree murder, 1 aggravated assault, 2 and endangering the welfare of children. 3 We affirm the judgment of sentence.

The instant matter arose out of the beating death of Appellant’s four year old step-daughter, Marlee Reed, on December 7, 2004. At about 1:00 p.m. that day, Appellant, who was home baby-sitting Marlee, called 911 and…