COMMONWEALTH v. SMITH


424 Pa. 9 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Smith, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 20, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry C. Elsesser, Jr., with him Thomas H. Reed, for appellant.

Nevin J. Trout, Assistant District Attorney, with him John F. Rauhauser, Jr., District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE MUSMANNO, January 20, 1967:

At about 4 a.m. on August 28, 1964 Mary Louise Green was found in a horribly mutilated and dying condition in a vacant lot in the City of York. She was taken to the York Hospital and died the following day. About 6 a.m., on the same morning of August 28th, Wm. M. Smith, Jr., the defendant in this case, was taken by police of York to the York City Detective Bureau. About 8:30 a.m. he was questioned by Detective Inspector...

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