COM. v. SANTIAGO


528 Pa. 516 (1991)

599 A.2d 200

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Salvador Carlos SANTIAGO, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Resubmitted January 9, 1991.

Decided November 14, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jon C. Botula (Court-appointed), Pittsburgh, for appellant.

Robert E. Colville, Dist. Atty., Claire C. Capristo, Deputy Dist. Atty., Edward Marcus Clark, Asst. Dist. Atty., Pittsburgh, for appellee.

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


OPINION OF THE COURT

CAPPY, Justice.

The question in this case is whether appellant's Fifth Amendment right to counsel was violated, where he requested and received counsel immediately upon arrest for one offense, and the police subsequently initiated custodial interrogation concerning other unrelated offenses without the presence of counsel. We find that appellant's Fifth Amendment right to counsel was violated and vacate the judgments of sentence.

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