Commonwealth v. Reynolds

SPAETH, Judge:

This appeal is from an order suppressing an inculpatory statement made by appellee while he was in the custody of the police on a charge of arson. The lower court found that appellee’s statement was the product of police coercion. We affirm.

On June 24,1980, the Chief of Police of Findlay Township, Steve Krawchyk, went to appellee’s grandmother’s home, where appellee lived. Chief Krawchyk asked appellee to accompany him to the police station. Appellee complied. At the police station appellee was placed under arrest for an arson that had occurred on June 17, 1980. After he was…