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COMMONWEALTH v. HAWKINS

448 Pa. 206 (1972)

Commonwealth v. Hawkins, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

June 28, 1972.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James B. Crummett, with him Oscar N. Gaskins, for appellant.

Carolyn E. Temin, Assistant District Attorney, with her 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 JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE EAGEN, June 28, 1972:

Frank Hawkins was convicted by a jury of voluntary manslaughter.1 From the judgment of sentence, this appeal was filed. We affirm.

The principal claim of error is the trial court's denial of a pretrial motion to suppress a statement given by Hawkins to the police and in permitting evidence of this statement to be used at trial. The record discloses the following pertinent facts.

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