COM. v. MONAHAN


378 Pa.Super. 623 (1988)

549 A.2d 231

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Donald MONAHAN, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 26, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas M. Dickey, Altoona, for appellant.

Keith A. Presto, Assistant District Attorney, Hollidaysburg, for Com., appellee.

Before CAVANAUGH, ROWLEY and KELLY, JJ.


KELLY, Judge:

In this case, we are called upon to determine whether an appellant's pre-arrest refusal to explain his appearance at a state police barracks with a dead body and the murder weapon in his automobile may be admitted into evidence, and whether appellant's post-arrest refusal to submit to a neutron activation test to determine whether he had recently fired a gun may be admitted into evidence. Despite appellant's objections on constitutional grounds, we find...

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