Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Bailey
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided March 18, 1975No. 482PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MANDERINO, Justice.
Prior to trial on a murder indictment the appellant, Craig Bailey, filed an application to suppress evidence which was alleged to be the product of an illegal police detention. The application was denied and the evidence consisting of oral inculpatory statements made by the appellant to the police was introduced by the prosecution during the appellant’s trial by jury which resulted in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Post-trial motions were denied and the appellant received a sentence of life imprisonment. This appeal followed.
On January 16, 1970, two men…
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