Commonwealth v. Mozzillo

Opinion by

Mr. Justice O’Brien,

The appellant, Samuel Mozzillo, was indicted as of November Term, 1962, on charges of murder and arson. The charges concerned the death of Philip Fromenko, an eight-month old infant who died in a fire on October 20, 1962, at an apartment house in Philadel phia, where both he and the appellant lived. During the police investigation of the incident, appellant gave certain self-incriminating statements which were later suppressed as inadmissible at trial.

In December, 1962, a lunacy commission examined the appellant and found him to be sane. In March, 1963,…