Commonwealth v. Richardson

OPINION OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This is an appeal from an order of the Superior Court which reversed1 a judgment of sentence imposed by the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County after a jury trial in which the defendant, William Richardson, was found guilty of rape and involuntary deviate sexual intercourse. Reversal by the Superior Court was premised upon that court’s conclusion that the trial court erred in refusing to ask, during voir dire, several of the questions posed by. defense counsel relating to whether prospective jurors held certain racial prejudices.

The victim, a…