Opinion

Commonwealth v. Sutton

  • 485 Pa. 47
  • 400 A.2d 1305
  • 1979 Pa. LEXIS 558
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
May 1, 1979
Status
Published
Author
Larsen
On the bench
Eagen, Larsen, Manderino, Nix, O'Brien, Roberts
Cited by
6 cases

noting that defense counsel moved for the sequestration of the jury at the beginning of the jury selection process

How later courts described this case

  • noting that defense counsel moved for the sequestration of the jury at the beginning of the jury selection process

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

LARSEN, Justice,

dissenting.

I dissent; I would affirm the judgments of sentence and in support thereof, cite the Trial Judge’s (Judge Fred P. *61 Anthony) opinion. Additionally, I do not believe the newspaper coverage of this trial was “inherently prejudicial”, thereby relieving the appellant of the burden of showing actual prejudice. The Trial Judge’s cautionary instructions were adequate to insure the appellant received a fair trial.

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