COMMONWEALTH v. EVANS


460 Pa. 313 (1975)

333 A.2d 743

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Simon EVANS, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided March 18, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis Silverman, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Jr., Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, First Asst. Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief Appeals Div., Suzanne Balen Ercole, Asst. Dist. Atty., Mark Sendrow, Asst. Dist. Atty., Asst. Chief, Appeals Div., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. For Law, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

O'BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Simon Evans, was tried by a judge and jury and found guilty of murder in the first degree. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Appellant's conviction arose out of the murder of Mack Baker on January 7, 1972, in the City of Philadelphia.

Appellant first argues that his oral confession should have been excluded because it was...

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