COMMONWEALTH v. BURKETT


211 Pa.Super. 299 (1967)

Commonwealth v. Burkett, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

November 16, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas Kellogg, Assistant Defender, with him Leonard Lieberson and Melvin Dildine, Assistant Defenders, and Herman I. Pollock, Defender, for appellant.

Michael M. Baylson, Assistant District Attorney, with him Michael J. Rotko and Alan J. Davis, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before ERVIN, P.J., WRIGHT, WATKINS, MONTGOMERY, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, and SPAULDING, JJ.


OPINION BY JACOBS, J., November 16, 1967:

After waiving a jury trial, appellant was tried on October 31, 1966, before the Honorable GREGORY G. LAGAKOS and found guilty of rape, aggravated robbery, aggravated assault and battery, and conspiracy. He appeals from the judgment of sentence.

Appellant's sole argument before this court is that the lower court erred in permitting the assistant district attorney to cross-examine him regarding his statement to the police...

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