Commonwealth v. Rizzuto

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided 2001-08-20

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OPINION CAPPY, Justice. This is a direct appeal from the sentence of death imposed upon Paul Rizzuto, (hereinafter “Appellant”) by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County. The sentence of death followed Appellant’s conviction of murder in the first-degree for the killing of his 79-year-old neighbor, Mary Laurenzi. The Supreme Court of…

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