Commonwealth v. McLean

Opinion by

Jacobs, J.,

In April 1968, appellant Lester Joseph McLean was convicted by a Delaware County jury on charges of rape, assault with intent to ravish, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, robbery, and aggravated assault and battery. Following denial of motions for a new trial and in arrest of judgment, sentence was imposed on the rape conviction and suspended on the other indictments. This appeal followed.

We are asked to decide whether the trial judge, following an advance determination that appellant’s oral confession was admissible at the trial, erred in failing to submit the issue of…