Commonwealth v. McCrae

OPINION

JUSTICE CASTILLE.

On November 27, 2000, following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of two counts of first-degree murder,1 one count of possession of an instrument of crime (PIC),2 and one count of criminal conspiracy.3 At the penalty phase, the jury found *600one aggravating circumstance and two mitigating circumstances.4 The jury found that the aggravating circumstance outweighed the mitigating circumstances, and accordingly, imposed a sentence of death for each of appellant’s first-degree murder convictions. The trial court formally imposed the death sentences and, in addition,…