Commonwealth v. Patterson

OPINION.

Maurice “Boo” Patterson (“Appellant”)1 appeals the judgment of sentence of death imposed after he was convicted by a jury of first-degree murder,2 criminal conspiracy,3 and criminal solicitation.4 For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

I. Background

The charges against Appellant arose from the fatal shooting of Eric “Bop” Sawyer (“victim”) by Sean “Raydar” Durrant, in an alleyway in the city of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, on March 30, 2007. Durrant confessed to shooting the victim, but claimed he did so at the behest of Appellant, who had been incarcerated in the Lycoming County Prison…