Commonwealth v. Green

BECK, Judge:

In this appeal we address whether the circumstances of appellant’s custodial interrogation violated Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), where appellant was not specifically informed of the crime about which he was questioned. We find appellant’s rights under Miranda were not violated and therefore we affirm.

Appellant was found guilty of first degree murder and sentenced to death. On direct appeal to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court, his judgment of sentence was reversed and a new trial was granted.1 At the second trial, appellant was again found…