Commonwealth v. Starr

OPINION OF THE COURT

O’BRIEN, Justice.

Appellant, Donald L. Starr, Jr., was tried by a judge sitting without a jury and convicted of murder of the second degree for the stabbing death of Wilbur Grim during a robbery. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to life imprisonment. This appeal followed.

Appellant raises only one issue in this appeal. He alleges the trial court erred in refusing his pretrial motion to suppress his confession. The facts are as follows.

Once appellant became suspect in the instant homicide, he was asked to go to the state police barracks for…