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COMMONWEALTH v. EWELL

456 Pa. 589 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Ewell, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

May 2, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris Paul Baran, with him Harry D. Sporkin, 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 POMEROY, May 2, 1974:

Early on the morning of May 23, 1970, three persons died in a fire which gutted a residence at 40 East Silver Street, Philadelphia. Appellant Joseph Ewell was arrested later that morning and charged with starting the fire. That afternoon, Ewell gave a statement to the police admitting responsibility for the blaze. A motion to suppress this statement was denied after a hearing on...

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