Commonwealth v. Ponton

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Pomeroy,

Shortly after midnight on May 28, 1967, the dead body of Catherine McMenamin was discovered lying on *42the ground near Boxborough High School in Philadelphia. The appellant, Withers Ponton, was later indicted for her murder, and after a jury trial was found guilty of murder in the first degree. On this direct appeal from the judgment of sentence of life imprisonment, three issues are raised.1

First, appellant contends that a statement made by him to the police and introduced at trial over objection was made without adequate warning of his constitutional right to…