Court Opinion

ID: 9752962
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 18:47:21.896892+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:27:26.508578
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Wright, J.:
There is no constitutional right to any peremptory challenges; the right is legislative in origin: Commonwealth v. DiFilippo, 176 Pa. Superior Ct. 608, 109 A. 2d 224. A defendant is entitled to a trial by a fair and impartial jury, but not to a trial by any particular juror or jurors: Commonwealth v. Antico, 146 Pa. Superior Ct. 293, 22 A. 2d 204. All we have before us in the case at bar is a post-verdict statement by appellant’s trial counsel which is not supported by anything in the record. It has not been established that the jurors in question actually gave false answers, or intended to deceive, or that their verdict was improperly influenced. We recently discussed this subject and reviewed the cases in Commonwealth v. Kopitsko, 177 Pa. Superior Ct. 161, 110 A. 2d 745. My examination of the instant record reveals that appellant had a fair trial, and was properly convicted. I would affirm the judgment below.
Rhodes, P. J., and Woodside, J., join in this dissent.