Commonwealth v. Bryant

OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

This is a direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of death on two counts of first-degree murder. We affirm.

On April 21, 2010, Laquaille Bryant (“Appellant”) pled guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the January 19, 2008 shooting deaths of Chante Wright1 and Octavia Green, as well as to one count each of intimidation of a witness, possession of a firearm, and possession of an instrument of crime.2 The Commonwealth’s theory of the case was that Appellant killed Ms. Wright at the behest of one Hakeem Bey to prevent her from testifying at Bey’s trial for the…