Commonwealth v. Futch

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Justice.

Appellant, Clifford Futch, was convicted by a jury of murder of the first degree for the killing of Charles Ganss and the punishment was fixed at death. Following the denial of post-verdict motions the sentence was imposed as the jury had directed. This direct appeal from the judgment of sentence followed. A new trial is required because the trial court erred in refusing to allow a question requested by the defense for the voir dire examination of prospective jurors.1

On February 26, 1975, at approximately 7:20 a. m., Charles Ganss, an inmate at the State…