Commonwealth v. Turner

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Drew,

This is an appeal by Aaron Turner- from his second conviction of murder in the first degree, committed during the perpetration of a robbery, with sentence of death fixed by the jury. From a similar sentence following his first conviction an appeal was taken to this Court and the judgment affirmed. (Commonwealth v. Turner, 358 Pa. 350, 58 A. 2d 61) Judgment of . this Court was reversed by the United States Supreme Court (338 U. S. 62; 69 S. Ct. Rep. Í352) on' the ground that a confession by Turner was improperly admitted into evidence because obtained under…