COMMONWEALTH v. STANTON


466 Pa. 143 (1976)

351 A.2d 663

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Louis STANTON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 29, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rudolph S. Pallastrone, Geo. A. Bachetti, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., B.H. Levintow, 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, Louis Stanton, was tried by a judge and jury on May 20, 1971, and was convicted of murder in the first degree on April 27, 1970, of David Fineman. On September 6, 1973, post-trial motions were denied by the court en banc and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Appellant, age sixteen at the time of his arrest, argues that his confession should have been suppressed because...

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