# Commonwealth v. Sutton

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · May 1, 1979 · 485 Pa. 47

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9634490

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James Leroy SUTTON, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** May 1, 1979
- **Citations:** 485 Pa. 47; 400 A.2d 1305; 1979 Pa. LEXIS 558
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Dissent by Larsen
- **Judges:** Eagen, Larsen, Manderino, Nix, O'Brien, Roberts
- **Cited by:** 6 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

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

## Opinion text

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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