Commonwealth v. Bright

Appellant, Preston Bright, was convicted by a jury of resisting arrest, and simple and aggravated assault. Post-verdict motions were denied, and Bright was sentenced to eleven and one-half to twenty-three months in the Philadelphia County Prison. This appeal followed.

Bright alleges the trial court improperly:(1) restricted the scope of his cross-examination of a police witness;(2) denied his challenge for cause to a prospective juror who was acquainted with the assistant district attorney; and,(3) refused to ask in voir dire six questions proposed by the defense. 1

As to assignment of error…