Commonwealth v. Cox

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

Appellant, Russell Cox, was convicted by a jury of two counts of murder of the first degree, 1 of criminal conspiracy 2 and of possessing an instrument of crime, 3 and one count of rape. 4 At the conclusion of the penalty phase of appellant’s trial, the jury returned a sentence of death for each of the two murder convictions. The present direct appeal ensued. We affirm.

The record reflects that appellant’s conviction resulted from an incident that occurred on February 27, 1986, in which appellant and his accomplice, Percy Lee, brutally killed Evelyn…