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COM. v. STOKES

480 Pa. 38 (1978)

389 A.2d 74

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. David STOKES, Appellee (two cases).

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 14, 1978.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edward G. Rendell, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Deputy Dist. Atty. for Law, Gaile McLauglin Barthold, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellant.

Robert B. Mozenter, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

EAGEN, Chief Justice.

These appeals1 were entered by the Commonwealth2 from an order of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia granting defendant David Stokes' motion to suppress certain incriminatory statements given to the police following his arrest. The court below ordered suppression of Stokes' statements on the basis that this evidence was the product of an illegal arrest...

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