Pennsylvania v. Davido (majority)
Annotate this CaseAppellant, who had been inside the house, heard the officers enter, and fled through a third-story window, wearing only a pair of sweatpants and socks. He ran along a rooftop, jumped onto a car parked in an adjacent alley, and then ran to the home of Michele Gray. He informed Gray that he had beaten his girlfriend, Angelina Taylor, and that he had fled when he had heard the police in the house. He also told her that at the time he fled, Taylor had been pale, motionless, unresponsive, and having trouble breathing. Meanwhile, the officers made their way to the rear bedroom on the third floor, where they discovered a woman, later identified as Angelina Taylor, naked under a sheet on a mattress on the floor. Taylor was seriously injured, with numerous bruises and cuts visible on her face and body, including her pelvic region, as well as severe bruising on both sides of her throat and around both eyes. Officers called for emergency response personnel, who took the victim to the hospital. She was diagnosed as comatose due to bleeding in the brain. In the trauma unit, a rape-kit examination was conducted, which revealed numerous lacerations, bruises and abrasions. The victim never regained consciousness and her brainstem herniated from the swelling inside her head. Appellant was arrested, and a jury found Appellant guilty of first-degree murder and rape. The PCRA judge, who had also presided at trial, denied Appellant's petition for post-conviction relief, and Appellant appealed to the Supreme Court. Appellant raised twelve issues for review. Taking each and turn and finding Appellant did not meet his burden for relief, the Supreme Court affirmed the PCRA court's decision.
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