COMMONWEALTH v. DICKERSON


226 Pa.Super. 425 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Dickerson, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

December 11, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin P. Smith, and Dubyn & Smith, for appellant.

James T. Ranney and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before WRIGHT, P. J., WATKINS, JACOBS, HOFFMAN, SPAULDING, CERCONE, and SPAETH, JJ.


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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