Commonwealth v. Allen

Appellant, David Leroy Allen, pled guilty to murder generally and following a degree of guilt hearing, he was convicted of murder of the first degree stemming from the death of Ray Mylin, who was the landlord of appellant’s brother, Richard Raymond Allen, and was stabbed by appellant and his brother when Mylin came to Richard Allen’s apartment to collect the rent. This appeal followed.

Appellant contends that his plea of guilty was unconstitutionally coerced because at the time it was entered a jury could impose the death penalty but a judge could not. *347There is no merit to this argument.…