Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bryant
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1975No. 310PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
2Per curiam
The Court being equally divided the judgments are affirmed.
EAGEN, J., filed an opinion in support of affirmance in which O’BRIEN, J., joins. POMEROY, J., filed an opinion in support of affirmance. ROBERTS, J., filed an opinion in support of reversal in which NIX, J., joins. MANDERINO, J., dissents. JONES, C. J., did not participate in the consideration or decision of this case.
OPINION IN SUPPORT OF REVERSAL
ROBERTS, Justice.
Appellant’s statements were obtained during a period of unnecessary delay between arrest and arraignment in violation of Pa.R.Crim.P. 130. 1 Under our decision in…
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