Commonwealth v. Toolan

A jury in the Superior Court found the defendant, Thomas E. Toolan, III, guilty of murder in the first degree of Elizabeth Lochtefeld.1 The murder conviction was based on *453theories of deliberate premeditation and extreme atrocity or cruelty. Before us is the defendant’s appeal from his convictions and the denial of his amended motion for a new trial. The defendant claims a number of separate errors related to the selection of the trial jury, the conduct of the trial, and the subsequent denial of his motion. We conclude that flaws in the jury selection process require the reversal of his…