COMMONWEALTH v. JONES


246 Pa.Super. 521 (1977)

371 A.2d 957

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. John Nathaniel JONES, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 31, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lewis L. Maltby, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Francis C. Barbieri, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before WATKINS, President Judge, and JACOBS, HOFFMAN, CERCONE, PRICE, VAN der VOORT and SPAETH, JJ.


CERCONE, Judge:

Following indictment, appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of rape and burglary. This appeal is from the lower court's judgment of sentence.

Appellant's sole contention relates to the prosecutor's exercise of peremptory challenges. It is argued that these challenges were utilized to exclude blacks from the jury. Unfortunately, appellant's counsel failed to have the race of each juror noted for the record. Thus the record is far from...

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