Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Trivigno
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 24, 2000No. 0228 Capital Appeal DocketPublishedCited by 78 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
*237 OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
NEWMAN, Justice.
On September 27, 1996, a jury convicted Appellant Philip Trivigno (Trivigno) of first degree murder in the slaying of Frank Varano (Varano) and on October 1, 1996 sentenced him to death. This is a direct appeal of this verdict. For the reasons that follow, we affirm the verdict of guilt, but vacate the sentence of death and remand for a new penalty phase hearing.
I. FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND
In November of 1998 Trivigno and the victim, Varano, argued during a court proceeding involving Trivigno and a friend of Varano’s, Martin…
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