Commonwealth v. D'Amato

856 A.2d 806 (2004)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee

v.

Joseph D'AMATO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Submitted August 21, 2002.

Decided September 2, 2004.

Neil E. Jokelson, Philadelphia, for Joseph D'Amato.

Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia, Amy Zapp, Harrisburg, for Com. of Pa.

Before: CAPPY, C.J., and CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, SAYLOR, EAKIN and BAER, JJ.

OPINION

Justice SAYLOR.

This is an appeal from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County dismissing a capital, post-conviction petition. For the reasons that follow, we affirm in part, and remand for limited further…