Facts of the Crime:
Convicted and sentenced to death on charges he set up the murder of a Philadelphia man. Thirty-eight-year-old Eric Sawyer was shot twice in the head in a Williamsport alley in March 2007. Prosecutors say Patterson ordered the shooting because drug-dealing associates told him Sawyer was working with police.
Forty-one-year-old Sean Durrant pleaded guilty to murder and acknowledged being the shooter, but testified that Patterson set up the shooting. Another man is serving a life sentence in the case. Patterson testified he dealt drugs but never sanctioned a shooting.
Patterson was sentenced to death in Lycoming County on May 28, 2010.
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