OPINION BY JACOBS, J., December 11, 1973:
The principal issue presented by this appeal is whether the confession given by appellant should have been suppressed because it resulted from an unnecessary delay in taking him before a magistrate. The lower court refused to suppress the confession. We are compelled to reverse.
At approximately 1:15 a.m. on February 25, 1972, appellant was arrested by police, without a warrant, for the assault and robbery of a woman...
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