Commonwealth v. Rompilla

OPINION

NIX, Chief Justice.

This is an automatic appeal 1 from the imposition of a death sentence following a trial by jury in the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh County. Appellant, Ronald Rompilla, was convicted of murder of the first degree, 2 burglary, 3 criminal trespass, 4 robbery, 5 two counts of theft, 6 and two counts of receiving stolen property. 7 Pursuant to 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(c)(l)(iv), the jury sentenced Appellant to death on November 1, 1988, after it found three aggravating circumstances which outweighed the one mitigating circumstance presented by Appellant.

Although Appellant has…