Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Floyd

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 28, 2007PublishedCited by 33 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BENDER, J.:

¶ 1 Jeffrey Floyd appeals, pro se, from the judgment of sentence of 100 to 200 months’ incarceration imposed following his conviction of aggravated assault (18 Pa.C.S. § 2702) stemming from a knife attack on his ex-wife. Appellant claims that the trial court erred by (1) refusing his pretrial motion to change his appointed counsel and by accepting Appellant’s waiver of counsel thereby causing Appellant to try his own case pro se, and (2) by refusing to accept one of Appellant’s proposed voir dire questions for the jury relating to gender bias. We affirm.

¶ 2 The trial…

2Cases cited22 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. GrazierSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  2. Commonwealth v. AlbrechtSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1998
  3. Commonwealth v. StarrSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1995
  4. Commonwealth v. BomarSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
  5. Commonwealth v. SpotzSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000

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3Cited by33 opinions

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