Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. William Carl SOMERSHOE, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-03-13
Citations: 493 Pa. 333
Docket Number: No. 80-3-677
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. William Carl SOMERSHOE, Appellant.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 493
Pages: 333–334

Head Matter:
426 A.2d 576
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, v. William Carl SOMERSHOE, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued Jan. 19, 1981.
Decided March 13, 1981.
John J. Kerrigan, Jr., Doylestown, Greg B. Emmons, New-town, for appellant.
Stephen B. Harris, Asst. Dist. Atty., for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
LARSEN, Justice.
Appellant was found guilty of burglary, larceny, receiving stolen goods, possessing burglary tools, and conspiracy. He was sentenced to four to fifteen years imprisonment. The Superior Court affirmed appellant's judgment of sentence, and we granted allowance of appeal. Appellant claims that a codefendant's self-incriminating statement which exculpates appellant should have been admitted at trial as a declaration against penal interest.
After reviewing the record, we find this claim to be without merit. Consequently, the judgment of sentence is affirmed.