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COMMONWEALTH v. COLON

223 Pa.Super. 202 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Colon, Appellant. Commonwealth v. Mitchell, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

V. Clayton McQuiddy, III, Assistant Public Defender, for appellants.

Larry E. Jones, Assistant District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P.J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and PACKEL, JJ.

OPINION BY PACKEL, J., December 11, 1972:

These appeals present the serious question of whether an enforcement official should be permitted to serve as a juror when alleged criminal conduct was aimed at the police.1 The problem is claimed to be accentuated by the circumstance that one of the appellants was a Black Muslim.

Three defendants were tried on charges stemming from...

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