COMMONWEALTH v. GOOD


461 Pa. 546 (1975)

337 A.2d 288

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Irvin L. GOOD and Louis Maio, Appellants (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided April 17, 1975.

Rehearing Denied May 28, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jackson M. Sigmon, Sigmon, Littner & Ross, P.C., Bethlehem, for Irvin L. Good, appellant.

Mark S. Refowich, Fishbone & Refowich, P.C., Herbert Fishbone, Easton, for Louis Malo.

Charles H. Spaziani, Dist. Atty., Easton, for appellee.

Before JONES, C.J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT

POMEROY, Justice.

We are asked in these two appeals to reverse convictions of perjury on the ground that the perjurious statements were made by defendants when they testified before a grand jury without first being warned of certain aspects of their right against self-incrimination. We hold that the failure to give such warnings did not vitiate the prosecution of these appellants.

In April 1967, a special investigating grand...

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