Court Opinion

ID: 9714683
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-26 05:42:50.166563+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:23:27.786743
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NIX, Chief Justice,
concurring.
I regret that the majority is still unwilling to reconsider the argument that the death qualification process creates juries which are prosecution-prone and unrepresentative of the community. See Commonwealth v. Simon, 509 Pa. 548, 506 A.2d 392 (1986) (Nix, C.J., and Zappala, J., dissent*360ing statements); see also Commonwealth v. Maxwell, 505 Pa. 152, 170, 477 A.2d 1309, 1319 (Nix, C.J., dissenting), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 971, 105 S.Ct. 370, 83 L.Ed.2d 306 (1984). However, since it appears that the procedure will remain the law of this Commonwealth until some other tribunal sees the wisdom of this argument, I therefore concur in the result.
Justice Zappala joins in this concurring opinion.