Randolph v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Randolph of murder and sentenced him to twenty years in prison.

The principal question is whether Randolph received a fair trial because of the failure of a juror to reveal on voir dire the fact that she was employed by the Commonwealth’s Attorney.

Other issues presented involve the instructions on second-degree manslaughter and reckless homicide; the prosecutor’s closing argument; the voluntariness of the confession; the introduction of the written confession into evidence and the passing of it to the…