Commonwealth v. Harmon

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an order entered below sustaining a motion to suppress a recorded incriminating statement obtained from the defendant, Barry Harmon, during police custody.

After the motion to suppress was filed, an evidentiary hearing was conducted.

The Commonwealth’s witnesses testified as follows as to Harmon’s arrest and the circumstances under which the suppressed statement was obtained:

Oh the night of August 22, 1968, Walton Posey was fatally shot in a bar in Philadelphia. About 6:30 a.m. on August 23rd, police officers went to the…