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COM. v. KEASLEY

501 Pa. 461 (1983)

462 A.2d 216

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Charles R. KEASLEY.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided July 8, 1983.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Eric B. Henson, Deputy Dist. Atty., Gaele McLaughlin Barthold, Philadelphia, for appellant.

Darryl A. Irwin, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before ROBERTS, C.J., and NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON and ZAPPALA, JJ.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ROBERTS, Chief Justice.

The sole issue presented on this appeal is the admissibility of an inculpatory statement given to police by appellee Charles Keasley within an hour of his arrest. Appellee was taken by police to be preliminarily arraigned just over two and one-half hours after his arrest, but because of the unavailability of an arraignment judge was not in fact arraigned until twelve hours after his arrest. A panel of the Superior...

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