Ward v. Commonwealth

I must respectfully dissent from that part of the majority opinion which reverses and remands the conviction of Ward for capital murder.

The trial judge did not commit reversible error in refusing to strike for cause three jurors who were or had been remotely related to attorneys for the prosecution because there was no showing of any bias or partiality on the part of the three prospective jurors. The questioned jurors were ultimately eliminated by exercise of a peremptory challenge. Consequently, no prejudice of any kind resulted so as to affect the ultimate verdict.

One juror did not know…