Commonwealth v. Ragan

OPINION

NEWMAN, Justice.

Derrick Ragan (Appellant) appeals 1 from the Order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County (PCRA Court), which denied his request for relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act 2 (PCRA). A jury convicted Appellant for murder of the first degree, 3 possessing instruments of crime, 4 and recklessly endangering another person, 5 and a trial court entered a Judgement of Sentence imposing the death penalty. For the following reasons, we affirm the Order of the PCRA Court.

I. FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

The Opinion that provided the decision of this Court in…