Commonwealth v. Tingle

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Roberts,

Appellant Gilbert Tingle was tried nonjury in the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia and found guilty of second degree murder. Post-trial motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to six to fifteen years imprisonment. We reverse.

Appellant’s principal contention1 is that the suppression court erred in finding voluntary his confes*243sion. secured by the police after some twenty-one and a half hours of interrogation.2

The challenged confession was secured by the police between appellant’s warrantless arrest and arraignment, a period of some twenty-one and a…