Commonwealth v. Jones

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Nix,

This is a direct appeal after convictions on charges of murder in the first degree, burglary, and aggra*426vated robbery.1 Appellant raises three issues: (1) that he was arrested without probable cause in violation of the Fourth and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution and that evidence seized as a result of that arrest was therefore inadmissible at trial; (2) that the confession elicited from appellant was tainted by the illegal arrest and therefore inadmissible; and (3) that the confession was coerced in violation of the Fifth and Fourteenth…