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COM. v. McGEACHY

487 Pa. 25 (1979)

407 A.2d 1300

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Ernest Lee McGEACHY, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided October 1, 1979.

Reargument Denied November 26, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore S. Danforth, Public Defender, John F. Pyfer, Jr., Lancaster, for appellant.

Joseph C. Madenspacher, Asst. Dist. Atty., Lancaster County, for appellee.

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

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an appeal from judgment of sentence entered upon a jury verdict finding appellant guilty of voluntary manslaughter. The dispositive question is whether appellant's written confession should have been suppressed as the product of unreasonable delay in violation of Pennsylvania Rule of Criminal Procedure 130 and Commonwealth v. Futch, 447 Pa. 389, ...

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