Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 5/7/1982

Commonwealth v. Johnson

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445 A.2d 509
299 Pa. Super. 172
1982 Pa. Super. LEXIS 4136

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concluding that trial court should have stricken prospective juror for cause because her daughter had been victim of crimes similar to the ones for which defendant was on trial
when a defendant is forced to use one of his peremptory challenges to excuse a prospective juror who should have been excused for cause, and then exhausts his peremptories before the jury is seated, a new trial will be granted
when a defendant is forced to use one of his peremptory challenges to excuse a prospective juror who should have been excused for cause, and then exhausts his peremptories before the jury is seated, a new trial will be granted
“[w]here, as here, a defendant is forced to use one of his peremptory challenges to excuse a prospective juror who should have been excused for cause, and then exhausts his peremptories before the jury is selected, a new trial must be granted.”
“Where, as here, a defendant is forced to use one of his peremptory challenges to excuse a prospective juror who should - 10 - J-A24004-19 have been excused for cause, and then exhausts his peremptories before the jury is seated, a new trial will be granted.”

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Judges: Spaeth, Wieand, Johnson

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