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COMMONWEALTH v. DICKERSON

468 Pa. 599 (1976)

364 A.2d 677

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. William DICKERSON (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 8, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Maxine J. Stotland, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Cecil B. Moore, Philadelphia for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

JONES, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal1 by the Commonwealth from the Order of Judge Juanita Kidd Stout of the Common Pleas Court of Philadelphia County suppressing the confession of William Dickerson, appellee, as the result of an unconstitutional arrest.

On October 5, 1974, at 4:45 p.m. William Askew, age seventeen, was stabbed to death in the rear yard...

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