Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Sattazahn
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided November 27, 2000PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
NEWMAN, Justice.
On January 22,1999, a jury convicted Appellant David Allen Sattazahn (Sattazahn) of first-degree murder in the slaying of Richard Boyer (Boyer) and sentenced him to death. This is a direct appeal of this verdict. As explained below, this was a second trial for Sattazahn regarding the murder of Boyer. The initial trial resulted in a conviction for first-degree murder and the imposition of a life sentence, which the Superior Court reversed on appeal, ordering a new trial. For the reasons that follow, we affirm both the verdict of guilt, and the sentence of death on…
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