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COM. v. PERSIANO

555 Pa. 428 (1999)

725 A.2d 151

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Anthony PERSIANO, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Decided January 20, 1999.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Catherine Marshall, Hugh J. Burns, Philadelphia, for Commonwealth.

Burton Rose, Philadelphia, for Anthony Persiano.

Before FLAHERTY, C.J., and ZAPPALA, CAPPY, CASTILLE, NIGRO, NEWMAN and SAYLOR, JJ.

OPINION

SAYLOR, Justice.

This is a Commonwealth appeal from an order of the Superior Court which granted a new trial to Appellee, Anthony Persiano ("Persiano"), on the basis that Persiano's confession to first degree murder was obtained in violation of this Court's six-hour exclusionary rule related to prompt arraignment. As we find this case controlled by the Court's recent decision in Commonwealth v....

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