Commonwealth v. Travaglia

OPINION

Justice TODD.

Michael J. Travaglia appeals the sentence of death imposed by the Westmoreland County Court of Common Pleas following a penalty hearing held pursuant to a grant of federal habeas corpus relief. For the reasons that follow, we affirm Appellant’s judgment of sentence.

In the early morning hours of January 3,1980, Apollo Police Officer Leonard Miller was on duty when a silver-colored Lancia sports car containing three men — Appellant, John Lesko, and Richard Rutherford — sped past his position at the Apollo Stop-and-Go convenience store several times. Officer Miller radioed…