Commonwealth v. McGeachy

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of sentence entered upon a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The dispositive question is whether appellant’s written confession should have been suppressed as the product of unreasonable delay in violation of Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 130 and Commonwealth v. Futch, 447 Pa. 389, 290 A.2d 417 (1972). 1 We hold that it should have been suppressed and, therefore, reverse judgment of sentence and award a new trial to appellant.

Appellant was arrested on August 16, 1975, at 2:20 p. m. Although, according…