Commonwealth v. Webster

WATKINS, Judge:

This is an appeal from the orders of the Court of Common Pleas of Delaware County, Criminal Division, involving a Commonwealth appeal from an order which found the defendant’s arrest to be illegal. The court also held that the search of defendant and his confession were so connected to his illegal arrest so as to be tainted by the arrest. The court further held defendant’s confession to be inadmissible because, as a juvenile, he had not had the opportunity to confer with his mother prior to confessing.

The defendant was arrested on January 11, 1980, a few weeks before his 18th…