Commonwealth v. Lee

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Percy Lee, was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder of the first degree 1 and two counts of possession of an instrument of crime. 2 At the conclusion of the penalty phase of Lee’s trial, the jury returned a sentence of death for each of the two murder convictions. Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(h)(1), we have jurisdiction to review this direct appeal of Lee’s conviction and sentence.

Lee’s conviction resulted from an incident that occurred on February 27, 1986, in which he and his accomplice, Russell Cox, entered the apartment of Evelyn Brown and…