Court Opinion

ID: 9746214
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:08:49.149728+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:11.160363
License: Public Domain

CONCURRING OPINION

Justice EAKIN.
I join the affirmation of appellant’s conviction. I agree that 42 Pa.C.S. § 9711(d)(14), as framed by the legislature, requires the killing be "with the purpose of promoting the defendant’s drug activity, and the record on this element is insufficient. The Commonwealth’s brief does not argue otherwise, and remand is appropriate. However, I find sufficient evidence to allow a conclusion of robbery, despite the suggestion of my colleagues to the contrary, and thus offer this concurrence.
Justice NEWMAN joins this concurring opinion.