Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Jones
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 7, 1977No. 133PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
EAGEN, Chief Justice.
Thomas Carl Jones was charged with murder and numerous related offenses in Montgomery County. He filed motions to suppress evidence of certain statements given by him to police and certain physical evidence seized by the police. Following a hearing on these motions, the Court of Common Pleas by order dated November 6, 1975 suppressed evidence of a .38 caliber gun taken by the police from Jones’ possession and evidence of statements made by Jones to the police on April 6,1975. The Commonwealth filed this appeal from that order. We now affirm.
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