Supreme Court of Pennsylvania November 21, 2012 (Commonwealth v. Hunsberger)

Justice SAYLOR,

concurring.

The majority initially frames the question presented as whether a defendant’s personal ability to hear all voir dire is “categorically mandate[d].” Majority Opinion at 33. I agree that it is not. I have difficulty, however, to the extent that the majority’s holding is framed in terms which may be taken as an approval of the practice of “sidebar” voir dire.