Commonwealth v. Jones

CERCONE, Judge:

Following indictment, appellant was tried before a jury and convicted of rape and burglary. This appeal is from the lower court’s judgment of sentence.

Appellant’s sole contention. relates to the prosecutor’s exercise of peremptory challenges. It is argued that these challenges were utilized to exclude blacks from the jury. Unfortunately, appellant’s counsel failed to have the race of each juror noted for the record. Thus the record is far from clear on this matter. The lower court, however, has apparently accepted appellant’s recollection of the following events. The total jury…