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COMMONWEALTH v. BENNETT

445 Pa. 8 (1971)

Commonwealth v. Bennett, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

October 12, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David Kanner, with him Donald F. Copeland, and Kanner, Stein, Feinberg & Barol, for appellant.

James T. Owens, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorney, James D. Crawford, Deputy District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

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

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, October 12, 1971:

Appellant Edward Bennett stands convicted of second degree murder, robbery and conspiracy. In this appeal he advances two claims. First, he asserts that the Commonwealth violated a specific federal court mandate by failing to afford him a public Jackson v. Denno hearing1 within the prescribed period of time. Second, he contends that an unconstitutionally obtained confession was erroneously...

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