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42 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 4527 (2026)

 Effect of verdict on jury selection errors.

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§ 4527.  Effect of verdict on jury selection errors.

Except as otherwise prescribed by general rule, errors and omissions in the selection of jurors under this subchapter shall not constitute grounds to set aside any jury verdict in any civil or criminal matter or to arrest, reverse, open or strike any judgment entered on a jury verdict, and the trial by jury and its rendition of a verdict in any matter shall constitute a waiver of all such errors and omissions.

(Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)

 

1982 Amendment.  Act 326 added section 4527.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 3 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1997–2024 · leading case: Commonwealth v. Craver, 688 A.2d 691 (Pa. 1997).
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Commonwealth v. Craver, 688 A.2d 691 (Pa. 1997). “42 Pa.C.S. § 4527. Appellant has not shown that he was deprived of a fair trial or that the jury which sat in judgment on his case was anything other than fair and unbiased.”
Escalante, L. v. State Farm Mut. Auto. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2021). · cites it 2× “§ 4526, which requires that a challenge to the jury array be raised within ten days, and 42 Pa.C.S. § 4527, which states that a “a trial by jury and its rendition of a verdict in any matter shall constitute waiver” of any “errors and omissions in the selection of jurors under…”
Com. v. Garcia, A. (Pa. Super. Ct. 2024). “” 42 Pa.C.S. § 4527. The purpose of voir dire is to empanel a fair and impartial jury.”
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