Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Murphy
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 16, 1974No. 204PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
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MANDERINO, Justice.
This is an appeal by the prosecution from a pre-trial order which suppressed all statements given to the police by the appellee, Lawrence Murphy, who was awaiting trial for the murder of one William Serepy. The victim’s body was found on Woodland Avenue in Philadelphia on September 30, 1972. About four months later, in January of 1973, the appellee walked into a police station. When a police officer asked if he could help the appellee, the appellee replied “I think I killed a man on Woodland Avenue in November. I punched on him.” Subsequently, appellee was advised of…
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