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COM. v. JOHNSON

474 Pa. 512 (1977)

379 A.2d 72

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ronald JOHNSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Reassigned August 15, 1977.

Decided October 7, 1977.

Rehearing Denied November 10, 1977.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph N. Bongiovanni, Jr., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Arlen Specter, Dist. Atty., Richard A. Sprague, 1st Asst. Dist. Atty., David Richman, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Mark Sendrow, Philadelphia, for appellee.

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

OPINION

ROBERTS, Justice.

Appellant Ronald Johnson was indicted on charges of murder, rape and conspiracy arising out of the May 9, 1970 killing of Sharon Pruitt. The case was originally brought to trial on March 22, 1972, but ended in a mistrial. The court appointed new counsel, who filed a pre-trial application to suppress. The application was granted as to certain evidence seized by the police, but denied as to a typewritten statement taken from appellant...

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