Commonwealth v. Payne

Facts

OPINION BY

OLSZEWSKI, J.:

¶ 1 On a fine April afternoon in 2002, Marion Haston drove through Pittsburgh’s Oakland neighborhood and caught sight of Purdi Featherstone, an old acquaintance of his, sitting on her 207 Dunseth Street porch. Mr. Haston parked his van at the end of the block and walked up to see how Ms. Featherstone was getting along in life. The two talked for a while when, all of a sudden, Mr. Haston was confronted with a fearful sight; as Mr. Haston testified, “I turned my head to look down the street a second, looked back up, and I was staring down two [gun] barrels.” N.T.…