Commonwealth v. Whitney

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from the order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County denying the motion of appellant, Raymond Whitney, for post-conviction relief following his con viction of, among other things, first degree murder and the imposition of the death sentence.

The circumstances surrounding the criminal episode were stated in Commonwealth v. Whitney, 511 Pa. 232, 236-37, 512 A.2d 1152, 1154-55 (1986) as follows:

[S]hortly before 4:00 A.M. on October 10, 1981, a man gained access to the second floor apartment of Juliana Minor through a…