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COM. v. JENKINS

500 Pa. 144 (1982)

454 A.2d 1004

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Francis JENKINS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided December 31, 1982.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Philadelphia, for appellant.

Charlotte Nichols, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before O'BRIEN, C.J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT and HUTCHINSON, JJ.

OPINION

NIX, Justice.

This is an interlocutory appeal1 by the Commonwealth challenging a pretrial order suppressing an inculpatory custodial statement given by appellee, Francis Jenkins, relating to the circumstances surrounding the death of Ms. Betty Homer. The suppression court concluded that the actions of the Commonwealth constituted "an improper prosecutorial design to circumvent the rule of Commonwealth v. Davenport...

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