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COMMONWEALTH v. HECKATHORN

429 Pa. 534 (1968)

Commonwealth v. Heckathorn, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

April 24, 1968.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rocco L. Puntureri, with him M.L. McBride, Jr., for appellant.

Joseph J. Nelson, Assistant District Attorney, with him Edward M. Bell, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. CHIEF JUSTICE BELL, April 24, 1968:

On October 6, 1965, the body of Clair Heckathorn, a farmer and resident of Mercer County, was found shot to death in his home. Shortly thereafter, the defendant, aged 16 years, was arrested and committed to Mercer County jail. He submitted to questioning by the arresting officers for several two-hour periods, both on October 6th and 7th. On October 7, defendant was taken to his father's home and, with his father's...

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