COMMONWEALTH v. WARFIELD


424 Pa. 555 (1967)

Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Warfield. Commonwealth v. Warfield, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 14, 1967.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin J. Martin, Assistant District Attorney, with him Robert W. Duggan, District Attorney, for Commonwealth.

H. David Rothman, with him Robert N. Peirce, Jr., for defendant.

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


OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, March 14, 1967:

Barbara Warfield was indicted in Allegheny County for murder and voluntary manslaughter. Defendant's counsel filed a pretrial motion to suppress her written statement given to police following her arrest, wherein she had admitted robbing and killing the victim. A hearing was held on September 11, 1964, before the Honorable RALPH H. SMITH, who denied defendant's motion to suppress her written confession.

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