Case Name: Commonwealth v. Sickler et al., Appellant
Court: Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1969-06-13
Citations: 214 Pa. Super. 463
Docket Number: Appeal, No. 1112
Parties: Commonwealth v. Sickler et al., Appellant.
Judges: Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hoeeman, Spaulding, and Hannum, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania Superior Court Reports
Volume: 214
Pages: 463–464

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Sickler et al., Appellant.
Argued March 19, 1968.
Before Wright, P. J., Watkins, Montgomery, Jacobs, Hoeeman, Spaulding, and Hannum, JJ.
James Scanlon, Jr., for appellant.
James E. O’Brien, First Assistant District Attorney, with him Joseph J. Oimino, District Attorney, for Commonwealth, appellee.
June 13, 1969:

Opinion:
Opinion by
Hoffman, J.,
The instant case is a companion to Commonwealth v. Savage, 214 Pa. Superior Ct. 460, 257 A. 2d 654 (1969). Appellant was retried for burglary on October 4, 1965, with codefendant Savage, and found guilty by a jury.
During the trial, oral admissions and a written confession made by appellant, while in police custody in 1952 and in violation of Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. 478 (1964), were introduced against appellant over appellant's objections. The primary question raised in this appeal is whether it was error for the lower court to admit the oral statements and written confession into evidence.
For the reasons stated in Commonwealth v. Savage, supra, we do not believe the lower court erred.
Judgment affirmed.
Hannum, J., did not participate in the rendering of this decision.