Binion v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Binion of first-degree rape and first-degree robbery. He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.

The principal issues are whether Bin-ion was unfairly denied funds for a mental health expert and whether the mental health expert provided by the trial court was inappropriate to meet due process requirements. Five other issues are raised as follows: whether the trial judge was biased; whether jury selection was improperly performed by commissioners rather than a computer-generated list; whether there were…