Polk v. Commonwealth

HOWERTON, Judge.

Appellant was convicted of third-degree burglary and sentenced to serve a term of four years and three months in prison. Appellant has brought a direct appeal and presents three arguments as grounds for reversal.

1. The misapprehension of the juror, Richard Plappert, that Samuel Polk might be the same person who was involved with Curtis May in the robbery of Plappert’s father, denied Polk his Sixth Amendment right to trial by an impartial jury.

2. The fact that a complete transcript cannot be furnished in this case, and that appellate counsel is different from trial counsel, is…