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COM. v. CRAFT

447 Pa.Super. 371 (1995)

669 A.2d 394

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Andrew D. CRAFT, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

Filed December 29, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark T. Aaron, Clarion, for appellant.

Gregory M. Bazylak, Assistant District Attorney, Brookville, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before DEL SOLE, BECK and JOHNSON, JJ.

DEL SOLE, Judge:

The issue presented is whether Article I, Section 9 of the Constitution of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania requires that confessions obtained while the defendant is in a custodial setting be memorialized, in their entirety, by a writing signed by the defendant or by audio recording.1 We hold that the due process requirements of our constitution does not require the recording of custodial confessions.

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