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COMMONWEALTH v. LASCH

464 Pa. 259 (1975)

346 A.2d 547

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Walter LASCH, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 30, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard P. Hunter, Jr., Gary A. Shapiro, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Glenn S. Gitomer, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION OF THE COURT

PER CURIAM:

This is an appeal from the judgment of sentence (four to fifteen years imprisonment) imposed on Walter Lasch, following his conviction by a jury of murder in the second degree.

The prosecution stemmed from the fatal stabbing of Paul Speaks in Philadelphia on December 17, 1972. Lasch made a statement to the police admitting he committed the stabbing. A pretrial motion to suppress evidence of this statement was overruled...

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