Justice NIGRO dissenting. I respectfully dissent, as I believe that the trial court erred in excluding all of the Smith daughters’ testimony regarding their in-prison meeting with Appellant and would therefore give him a new penalty phase hearing. In addressing Appellant’s claim, the majority limits its analysis to the statement of apology that Appellant made to the daughters during their v…
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