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COM. v. REYNOLDS

300 Pa.Super. 143 (1982)

446 A.2d 270

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Rodger REYNOLDS.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed May 21, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kemal A. Mericli, Assistant District Attorney, Pittsburgh, for Commonwealth, appellant.

Larry P. Gaitens, Pittsburgh, for appellee.

Before SPAETH, HESTER and JOHNSON, JJ.

SPAETH, Judge:

This appeal is from an order suppressing an inculpatory statement made by appellee while he was in the custody of the police on a charge of arson. The lower court found that appellee's statement was the product of police coercion. We affirm.

On June 24, 1980, the Chief of Police of Findlay Township, Steve Krawchyk, went to appellee's grandmother's home, where appellee lived. Chief Krawchyk...

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