Supreme Court of Pennsylvania July 19, 2006, 309 CAP (Commonwealth v. Mitchell)

Justice SAYLOR,

concurring.

I join the majority opinion, except for its discussion of statutory construction principles in its footnote 20 in relation to the mitigating circumstance involving the absence of a significant history of prior criminal convictions. See 42 Pa. C.S. § 9711(e)(1).'

With respect to such mitigator, I tend toward Mr.