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COMMONWEALTH v. WILLIAMS

455 Pa. 569 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Williams, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

March 25, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas B. Rutter, for appellant.

Louis A. Perez, Jr., Assistant District Attorney, with him David Richman, James T. Ranney, and Milton M. Stein, Assistant District Attorneys, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.

Before EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE ROBERTS, March 25, 1974:

Appellant Hugh Sinclair Williams moved pretrial to suppress oral and written statements implicating him in the murder of a Philadelphia policeman. The motion was denied and a jury found appellant guilty. Post-trial motions were denied and consecutive sentences imposed.1 We reverse and remand for a new trial.2

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