Commonwealth v. Staton

OPINION

Justice BAER.1

In 2006, Andre Staton (“Appellant”) was convicted of the first degree murder of his girlfriend and was sentenced to death. His judgment of sentence was affirmed on direct appeal, and Appellant subsequently filed a petition for collateral relief pursuant to the Post Conviction Relief Act (“PCRA”), 42 Pa.C.S. §§ 9541-9546. After affording Appellant proper notice, the Court of Common Pleas of Blair County (“PCRA court”) denied the petition without a hearing, and Appellant filed the instant direct appeal to this Court.2 Because *280we conclude that the PCRA court’s findings are…