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COMMONWEALTH v. JOHNSON

431 Pa. 522 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Johnson, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 3, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James E. Davis and Thomas DeWitt, Public Defenders, for appellant.

Roy A. Gardner, for appellee.

Before BELL, C.J., MUSMANNO, JONES, EAGEN, O'BRIEN and ROBERTS, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 3, 1968:

In 1954 appellant William John Johnson went to trial before a judge and jury on an indictment charging him with murder in the first degree. Near the close of the Commonwealth's case, the prosecution introduced into evidence two confessions whose existence was unknown to both of appellant's counsel until that very moment. Defense counsel thereupon requested a recess, conferred...

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