out to her mother? ... Which assault came first, Mr. Elliott, the one frontally or the one from behind while holding her neck with an electric cord, as you strangled her to death?”). The court pointed out that trial counsel objected and unsuccessfully sought a mistrial, and that the trial court sustained the objection as to the victim’s dying words. The PCRA court also emphasized that the trial court cautioned the jurors that that they should only consider the evidence proven at trial and that questions and statements of counsel are not evidence. Recognizing that jurors are presumed to have followed the trial court’s instructions, the PCRA court denied relief on this claim. PCRA Court Opinion, Oct. 13, 2010, at 23 (citing Commonwealth v. DeJesus, 580 Pa. 303, 860 A.2d 102, 111 (2004) (<HOLDING>)). Finally, the PCRA court rejected Elliott’s
holding that jurors were presumed to follow instructions similar to those in the instant case holding that a jury is presumed to follow the trial courts instructions holding that the law presumes that the jury will follow the courts instructions recognizing that jurors are presumed to follow instructions holding that it is presumed that the jury obeyed the trial courts instructions