Commonwealth v. Campbell

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

The sole issue presented by this direct appeal from a judgment of sentence following a jury verdict of first degree murder is whether the admission of defendant’s confession into evidence was error and violated the principles of Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478, 84 S. Ct. 1758 (1964). We hold that defendant must be granted a new trial, for he was never warned of his absolute light to remain silent. The facts as found by the suppression hearing court are as follows:

On the afternoon of November 29, 1963, one Gust Georges was murdered in his home in Allegheny…