Marsch v. Commonwealth

LAMBERT, Justice.

This is a matter of right appeal from the judgment of the Hancock Circuit Court sentencing appellant to sixty-five years imprisonment upon his conviction of murder and arson. The principal claim of error concerns jury selection.

Appellant contends that the trial court abused its discretion in failing to sustain his motions to excuse certain prospective jurors for cause. He argues that as a result of the trial court’s error in this respect, he was required to exhaust his peremptory challenges to eliminate as many unqualified jurors as possible, but was nevertheless unable to…