Commonwealth v. Solano
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Chief Justice CAPPY.
This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death imposed upon Appellant, Raymond Solano, following his conviction for first-degree murder. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm the judgment of sentence.
On May 28, 2003, a jury convicted Appellant of first-degree murder for the shooting death of Armondo Rodriguez. 2 Following the penalty hearing, the jury returned a sentence of death, finding one aggravating factor, causing a grave risk of death to persons in addition to the victim, 3 which outweighed the one mitigating factor listed by the jury as…
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