COMMONWEALTH v. MEDINA


424 Pa. 632 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Medina, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 21, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jerome E. Furman, with him Charles Lowenthal, for appellant.

John A. McMenamin, Assistant District Attorney, with him Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, COHEN, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, March 21, 1967:

The appellant, Anthony Medina, appeals from the judgment of sentence imposed following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree. A new trial will be ordered.

At trial, testimony of statements made by Medina to the police, in the absence of counsel following his arrest, was admitted in evidence over objection. The trial occurred in January 1965, or subsequent...

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