Commonwealth v. Hitcho, G., Aplt.

OPINION

Justice STEVENS.1

This is a direct appeal from a death sentence imposed after a jury convicted George Hitcho, Jr. (“Appellant”) of first degree murder.2 At the penalty phase, the jury found one aggravating circumstance and three mitigating circumstances, unanimously determined the aggravating circumstance outweighed the mitigating circumstances, and sentenced Appellant to death. For reasons that follow, we affirm Appellant’s conviction and judgment of sentence.3

The record indicates that, on August 11, 2011, at approximately 5:00 p.m., William M. Clancy, whose backyard was approximately…