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Townsend v. Commonwealth

UPHELD status graphic: Townsend v. Commonwealth. 042223 Townsend v. Commonwealth 09/16/2005 A capital murder defendant failed to argue against seating two jurors at trial on the grounds that public confidence in the judicial system would be undermined by allowing those jurors to sit. As a result, he cannot raise that contention on appeal. The judgment of the Court of Appeals upholding the defendant's convictions is affirmed.
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