In the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania Eastern District
[J-37-2018] IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA EASTERN DISTRICT SAYLOR, C.J., BAER, TODD, DONOHUE, DOUGHERTY, WECHT, MUNDY, JJ. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 745 CAP : Appellee : Appeal from the Judgment of : Sentence entered on April 27, 2017 in : the Court of Common Pleas, Pike v. : County, Criminal Division at No. CP- : 52-CR-0000019-2015 : ERIC MATTHEW FREIN, : ARGUED: May 17, 2018 : Appellant : OPINION JUSTICE TODD DECIDED: April 26, 2019 Eric Matthew Frein appeals the judgment of sentence of death imposed by the Pike County Court of Common Pleas following his convictions by a jury of first-degree murder,1 first-degree criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer,2 criminal attempt to commit first-degree murder and criminal homicide of a law enforcement officer,3 assault of a law enforcement officer in the first degree,4 terrorism,5 weapons of mass destruction,6 discharge of a firearm into an occupied structure,7 possessing instruments of crime,8 and 1 18 Pa.C.S. § 2502(a). 2 Id. § 2507(a). 3 Id. § 901(a). 4 Id. § 2702.1(a). 5 Id. § 2717. 6 Id. § 2716(a). 7 Id. § 2707.1(a). 8 Id. § 907(a). recklessly endangering another person.9 For the reasons that follow, we affirm Appellant’s judgment of sentence. At approximately 10:45 p.m. on Friday, September 12, 2014, shortly before completing his 3:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. shift, Pennsylvania State Police Corporal Bryon K. Dickson, II entered the Blooming Grove police barracks in Pike County through the public lobby and went into his office.
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