Commonwealth v. Speight

OPINION

Justice EAKIN.

This is an appeal from the denial of appellant’s petition for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (PCRA), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. We affirm.

Following a jury trial, appellant was convicted of two counts of first degree murder, two counts of aggravated assault, one count of criminal conspiracy to commit murder, and one count of possession of an instrument of crime. At sentencing, the jury concluded the two aggravating circumstances1 it found outweighed the one mitigating circumstance,2 and sentenced appellant to death. Commonwealth v. Speight, 544 Pa. 451,…