COM. v. BOWEN


482 Pa. 453 (1978)

393 A.2d 1194

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Joseph BOWEN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 6, 1978.

Reassignment September 29, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hugh C. Clark, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Jane C. Greenspan, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Justice.

Over twenty-eight hours elapsed between appellant Joseph Bowen's arrest and his preliminary arraignment. In that period of delay, police conducted fifteen interviews with appellant and obtained four inculpatory statements. Over appellant's objection, the trial court admitted these inculpatory statements into evidence. Appellant argues that police obtained these inculpatory statements in violation of Pa.R.Crim.Proc....

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