Commonwealth v. Washington

Opinion by

Me. Justice Eobeets,

This case presents to our Court a matter which is one of first impression—a defendant’s right to appeal from denial of his motion filed pursuant to Eule 324 of Criminal Procedure 1 to suppress a statement allegedly obtained in violation of Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S. Ct. 1602 (1966). We hold that the decision below refusing to suppress appellant’s statement is. not at this juncture appealable and therefore this appeal must be quashed.

Appellant relies primarily upon subsection (e) of Rule 324, 2 and insists that he may appeal because the determination…