OPINION BY VAN DER VOORT, J., March 31, 1975:
The appellant, John Elwood Kearse, was indicted on two counts of robbery by violence and with an accomplice. The charges were based on purse-snatchings from elderly women in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Prior to trial, a hearing was held on defense counsel's application for suppression of confessions given by appellant. The suppression court denied the application.
On June 27, 1973, the appellant appeared before the...
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