Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Lasch
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided October 30, 1975No. 564PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
2Per curiam
This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence (four to fifteen years imprisonment) imposed on Walter Lasch, following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree.
The prosecution stemmed from the fatal stabbing of Paul Speaks in Philadelphia on December 17, 1972. Lasch made a statement to the police admitting he committed the stabbing. A pretrial motion to suppress evidence of this statement was overruled and at trial it was admitted against Lasch over timely objection. We rule the statement should have been suppressed and evidence thereof excluded at trial…
3Cases cited9 opinions
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4Cited by16 opinions
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