Commonwealth v. Thomas

This appeal involves the appellant’s contention that the suppression court erred in admitting a statement made by appellant following a warning pursuant to Section 10-110 of the Philadelphia Home Rule Charter. I agree and respectfully dissent. On the basis of the improper admission of appellant’s statement I would vacate the judgment of sentence and remand for a new trial.

Although the majority essentially recaps the facts, I repeat them here, with some enlargement in pertinent regards. At or about 6:30 p. m. on July 5, 1977, appellant’s sister, Marva Crafton, was assaulted in the vicinity of…