Commonwealth v. Holland

*291HOFFMAN, Judge:

Appellant contends, inter alia, that the lower court erred in refusing to propound his requested voir dire questions on racial prejudice. We agree and, accordingly, reverse the judgments of sentence and grant appellant a new trial.1

Before jury selection, appellant, a black man, requested the lower court to propound 39 questions to the prospective jurors, including four questions probing the veniremen’s possible racial bias.2 Although the lower court permitted a number of appellant’s proposed questions, it refused those concerning race. An all-white jury was chosen, and…