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COM. v. HUNSBERGER

523 Pa. 92 (1989)

565 A.2d 152

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Andrew HUNSBERGER, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 20, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Stephen B. Harris, Chief of Appeals, Dale A. Reichley, First Asst. Dist. Atty., David W. Zellis, Asst. Dist. Atty., Alan M. Rubenstein, Dist. Atty., for appellant.

Robert Suter, Lester Roy Zipris, Doylestown, for appellee.

Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.

OPINION

ZAPPALA, Justice.

This appeal compels us to resolve a very limited issue as to whether or not a defendant's extemporaneous statements made after being given and invoking his Miranda1 rights, may be introduced by the Commonwealth as evidence to rebut an insanity defense.

The chronicle of this case, as disclosed by stipulated facts presented at the suppression hearing prior to trial, disclose that State Police...

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