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COM. v. COHEN

489 Pa. 167 (1980)

413 A.2d 1066

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Stuart Richard COHEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 30, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Emmanuel H. Dimitriou, Reading, Isaac N. Groner, Walter H. Fleischer, Robert S. Steinbaum, Madeline Nesse, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

J. Michael Morrissey, Dist. Atty., Charles M. Guthrie, Jr., Asst. Dist. Atty., Ross Weiss, Berks County, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Montgomery County, for appellee.

Before EAGEN, C.J., and O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN and FLAHERTY, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

"No right is more fundamental to the American system of justice" than the constitutionally-guaranteed right of an accused to trial by an impartial jury. Philadelphia Newspapers, Inc. v. Jerome, 478 Pa. 484, 504, 387 A.2d 425, 435 (1978), appeal dismissed, 443 U.S. 913, 99 S.Ct. 3104, 61 L.Ed.2d 877 (1979). See U.S.Const. Amends. VI & XIV; Pa...

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