Commonwealth v. Clark

OPINION

Justice GREENSPAN.

This is a collateral capital appeal from an order dismissing in part Appellant Ronald Clark’s petition for relief under the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. The PCRA court found Appellant’s guilt phase claims without merit. 1 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

On October 7, 1993, Appellant shot and killed Aineis Sunn Life (“the victim”) following an argument in a Philadelphia delicatessen. Eyewitnesses to the shooting testified that Appellant and the victim exchanged angry words while in line at the deli. Appellant left the deli,…