Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Rizzuto
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided August 20, 2001No. 273 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 105 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAPPY, Justice.
This is a direct appeal from the sentence of death imposed upon Paul Rizzuto, (hereinafter “Appellant”) by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. The sentence of death followed Appellant’s conviction of murder in the first-degree for the killing of his 79-year-old neighbor, Mary Laurenzi. The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has jurisdiction over direct appeals in cases where the penalty of death is imposed. 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 722(4) and 9711(h)(1). After due consideration, and for the reasons that follow, we now affirm the conviction for first-degree murder and…
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