Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Karper
Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Carbon County
Decided December 5, 2007No. nos. 088 CR 2007, 089 CR 2007, 091 CR 2007, and 094 CR 2007Published
1Opinion of the Court
NANO VIC, J.,
— On December 5, 2006, the defendant, Christopher D. Karper, confessed to Trooper David Klitsch of the Pennsylvania State Police and Detective Joseph Schatz of the Jim Thorpe Police Department that he had intentionally set three fires within the Borough of Jim Thorpe and taken $ 110 from the Fairview Hose Company. Defendant seeks to suppress these statements contending that they were coerced and involuntarily made. For the following reasons, we deny defendant’s suppression motion.
FACTUAL BACKGROUND
Trooper Klitsch is a deputy state fire marshal. In this position he investigates…
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