Smith v. Commonwealth

WINTERSHEIMER, Justice.

This appeal is from a judgment based on a jury verdict which convicted Smith of murder and first-degree rape and sentenced him to life and twenty years respectively.

The questions presented are whether the trial judge properly overruled a motion for directed verdict of acquittal; whether it was proper to overrule a motion to compel the prosecutor’s agreement and dismissal of the indictment; whether the statement of the defendant was the result of an improper custodial interrogation and should have been suppressed; whether the prosecution produced all the exculpatory…