Robinson v. Commonwealth
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The Supreme Court affirmed Defendant's conviction of first-degree sodomy and his sentence of twenty years in prison, holding that there was no error in the proceedings below.
On appeal, Defendant challenged the trial court's refusal to strike two jurors for cause during voir dire and argued that the trial court committed reversible error by allowing the Commonwealth to make an allegedly improper assertion about him during closing arguments. The Supreme Court affirmed, holding (1) the trial court's denial of Defendant's motion to strike the two jurors was not an abuse of discretion; and (2) the prosecutor's statements during closing arguments were not reversible error.
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