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COMMONWEALTH v. HANDSOME

455 Pa. 116 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Handsome, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

January 24, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alfred P. Filippone, for appellant.

David Richman, 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, January 24, 1974:

The sole issue is the voluntariness of appellant's confession. The record does not indicate that the confession was other than "the product of a rational intellect and free will." Blackburn v. Alabama, 361 U.S. 199, 207-08, 80 S.Ct. 274, 280-81 (1960); Commonwealth v. Hallowell, 444 Pa. 221, 225-26, 282 A.2d 327, 329 (1971); see Davis...

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