COM. v. HUNSBERGER

No. 57 MAP 2011.

58 A.3d 32 (2012)

COMMONWEALTH Of Pennsylvania, Appellee v. Christian HUNSBERGER, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided November 21, 2012.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas C. Egan III , Law Office of Thomas C. Egan, III, Norristown, for Christian Daniel Hunsberger.

Karen Ann Diaz , Doylestown, David Ward Heckler , for Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.

BEFORE: CASTILLE, C.J., SAYLOR, EAKIN, BAER, TODD, McCAFFERY, ORIE MELVIN, JJ.


OPINION

Justice McCAFFERY.

The question presented here is whether a criminal defendant's right to be present in the courtroom at every critical stage of his or her trial, including during the impaneling of a jury, categorically mandates the defendant's personal ability to hear each venireperson who is questioned at sidebar during voir dire proceedings conducted by the court, his counsel, and the prosecuting attorney as to substantive issues...

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