Commonwealth v. Hunsberger, No. 7 MAL 2011

On June 16, 2011, the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania granted allocatur to decide the question of:

Whether a panel of the Superior Court erred by holding that a criminal defendant in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania does not have the right to be present for any questioning of prospective jurors on substantive issues when such questioning is done outside the hearing of the defendant in violation of a defendant’s constitutional and procedural rights?