Commonwealth v. Fisher

Opinion by

Mr. Justice Eagen,

Larry Martin Fisher was arrested in Berks County on the charge of murdering his grandmother. Upon his request and averment of indigency, counsel was appointed by the court to represent him. An action in habeas corpus was instituted which the lower court dismissed. On appeal, we affirmed: 418 Pa. 356, 211 A. 2d 457 (1965).

After his indictment for the crime of murder, counsel, on Fisher’s behalf, filed pretrial motions in the court below to suppress evidence of certain incriminating statements Fisher had made to the police. From the testimony submitted on these…