Commonwealth v. Laich

OPINION

NIGRO, Justice.

Following a jury trial, Appellant Scott A. Laich was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder1 for the killing of his estranged girlfriend, Krista Jill Omatick, and John Eric Pistininzi on July 29, 1996. For the reasons that follow, we reverse Appellant’s judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.

Appellant and Omatick had been engaged in a relationship for approximately two years and were living together up until the week before the killings. On the evening of July 28,1996,

*24Appellant, who had been attempting to reconcile with Omatick, drove past her…