Commonwealth v. Romberger
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
NIX, Justice.
This is the third time that this Court has had occasion to consider this cause. We are now being asked to determine the effect of our earlier decisions upon the admissibility of a signed written statement of appellant that was elicited while he was in police custody following his arrest. Since we are of the view that the admission of this statement was in violation of our earlier directives and was contrary to the law of this Commonwealth we are again forced to reverse the judgment of sentence and to award a new trial.
On November 6, 1965, the body of Joy…
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