Commonwealth v. Brown

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This is an automatic direct appeal from the death sentence imposed upon Appellant, Charles Brown, following his conviction for first degree murder. The jury found as an aggravating circumstance that the Appellant had been convicted of another murder committed either before or at the time of the offense at issue, 42 Pa.C.S.A. § 9711(d)(ll). No mitigating circumstances were found. Appellant was convicted also of possession of an instrument of crime. 1 He was sentenced to a consecutive 2]/¿ to 5 year term of imprisonment on that charge. For the following reasons, we…