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COM. v. DOWNEY

732 A.2d 593 (1999)

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Linwood Tyrone DOWNEY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided June 17, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Claire C. Caspristo, James R. Gilmore, for Commonwealth.

Ralph D. Karsh, for Linwood Tyrone Downey.

Before FLAHERTY, Chief Justice and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN, and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

CAPPY, Justice.

This appeal raises the issue of whether the denial of a request to poll the jury, made prior to the dispersal of the jury, constitutes reversible error. The Superior Court determined that in the instant matter such denial did demand that a new trial be awarded. For the reasons that follow, we affirm.

Appellee was charged with one count of Criminal Homicide1 and one count of Violation of...

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