Pittman v. Commonwealth

CULLEN, Commissioner.

John Melvin (Junior) Pittman, upon trial for murder, was found guilty and given a life sentence. On appeal he alleges the following seven grounds of error: (1) Failure to grant a continuance; (2) failure to declare a mistrial because the defendant was brought into court in handcuffs; (3) failure to permit a prejudiced juror to be challenged for cause, thus requiring the defendant to exercise his, last peremptory challenge in order to remove the juror; (4) failure to give a peremptory instruction at the close of the Commonwealth’s case; (5) failure to give a peremptory…