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COMMONWEALTH v. RIGGINS

451 Pa. 519 (1973)

Commonwealth v. Riggins, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 4, 1973.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph Alessandroni, with him Alfred P. Filippone, for appellant.

Benjamin H. Levintow, Assistant District Attorney, with him Milton M. Stein, Assistant 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 ROBERTS, May 4, 1973:

Appellant, Louis Riggins, was indicted in March of 1969 for murder, robbery and conspiracy to commit murder and robbery. A timely filed pre-trial motion to suppress evidence (appellant's oral and written confessions) was denied. Thereafter, in March, 1970, appellant, following a jury trial, was found guilty of first degree murder, and sentenced to life imprisonment.1 Post-trial motions were...

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