COM. v. JOHNSON


309 Pa.Super. 367 (1982)

455 A.2d 654

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Larry JOHNSON, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 17, 1982.

Reargument Denied February 25, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul R. Gettleman, Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Kemal A. Mericli, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before SPAETH, JOHNSON and HOFFMAN, JJ.


SPAETH, Judge:

This is an appeal from a judgment of sentence to life imprisonment for second degree murder. The murder was committed in the course of a robbery. Over appellant's objection, the lower court excluded the public from the court room during the selection of the jury. Appellant argues that the lower court thereby denied him his Constitutional right to a public trial.1 We...

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