Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Raymond E. SMITH, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1981-07-08
Citations: 494 Pa. 518
Docket Number: No. 113
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Raymond E. SMITH, Appellant.
Judges: Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, and KAUFFMAN, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 494
Pages: 518–523

Head Matter:
431 A.2d 975
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Raymond E. SMITH, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 26, 1981.
Decided July 8, 1981.
Stanley Bashman, Philadelphia (Court-appointed), for appellant.
Robert B. Lawler, Chief, Appeals Div., Ann Lebowitz, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before O’BRIEN, C. J., and ROBERTS, NIX, LARSEN, FLAHERTY, and KAUFFMAN, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM:
Appellant, Raymond E. Smith, was convicted by a jury of murder of the third degree for the beating death of Nadine Price. Post-verdict motions were denied and appellant was sentenced to a prison term of ten to twenty years. This direct appeal followed.
Appellant raises but two issues on this appeal. First, he argues that the suppression court erred in refusing to sup press a statement which he gave to police shortly after his arrest. Second, appellant argues that the prosecutor impermissibly referred to previously suppressed evidence during her closing argument to the jury and that the curative instruction by the trial court was insufficient. We have reviewed the record and find that neither claim is sufficient to entitle appellant to a new trial.
Judgment of sentence is affirmed.
ROBERTS and FLAHERTY, JJ., file dissenting opinions.