Commonwealth v. Stevens

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

Appellant, Andre Stevens, was convicted, following a non-jury trial, of two counts of first degree murder 1 and one count of possessing a firearm without a license 2 . At the penalty hearing, Appellant elected to proceed with a jury, which determined that he should be sentenced to death on both murder counts. As to both victims, the jury found as aggravating circumstances that the defendant knowingly created a grave risk of death to another person, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(d)(7), and that the defendant has been convicted of another murder, 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(d)(11). As to one…