Commonwealth v. Boykin

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

On January 12, 1971, Bruce Carlisle, a four-month-old infant, was found dead by members of the Philadelphia Police Department responding to an emergency call from the residence of appellant, Margaret Boykin. A police officer observed a large spot of what appeared to be “dried blood” on the appellant’s white blouse. A post-mortem examination of the infant’s body, conducted by the medical examiner, disclosed that the infant died from “suffocation”.

The following day, appellant, who had been caring for the baby for some weeks prior to his death, was interrogated by…