Case Name: Commonwealth v. Handsome, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1974-01-24
Citations: 455 Pa. 116
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 385
Parties: Commonwealth v. Handsome, Appellant.
Judges: Before Jones, C. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and ManDERINO, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 455
Pages: 116–117

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Handsome, Appellant.
Submitted November 8, 1973.
Before Jones, C. J., Eagen, O’Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix and ManDERINO, JJ.
Alfred P. FiUppone, for appellant.
David Richman, Assistant District Attorney, Richard A. Sprague, First Assistant District Attorney, and Arlen Specter, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee'
January 24, 1974:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Roberts,
The sole issue is the voluntariness of appellant's confession. The record does not indicate that the confession was other than "the product of a rational intellect and free will." Blackburn v. Alabama, 361 U.S. 199, 207-08, 80 S. Ct. 274, 280-81 (1960); Commonwealth v. Hallowell, 444 Pa. 221, 225-26, 282 A.2d 327, 329 (1971); see Davis v. North Carolina, 384 U.S. 737, 86 S. Ct. 1761 (1966); Commonwealth v. Eiland, 450 Pa. 566, 301 A.2d 651 (1973); Commonwealth v. Holton, 432 Pa. 11, 247 A.2d 228 (1968).
Admission of the confession at trial was thus proper. On this record, there is no basis for disturbing the jury's verdict of voluntary manslaughter.
The judgment of sentence is affirmed.