Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Calvin CRENSHAW, Appellant
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1977-10-07
Citations: 475 Pa. 106
Docket Number: Nos. 274, 413
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Calvin CRENSHAW, Appellant.
Judges: Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 475
Pages: 106–107

Head Matter:
379 A.2d 1305
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Calvin CRENSHAW, Appellant.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Submitted Jan. 17, 1977.
Decided Oct. 7, 1977.
Rehearing Denied Dec. 6, 1977.
Paul Mark Perlstein, Philadelphia, for appellant.
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Gaile Barthold, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, MANDERINO and PACKEL, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
Appellant was convicted of murder of the third degree, robbery, conspiracy and possession of an instrument of crime in a non-jury trial. The sole issue raised on appeal is that the trial court erred in failing to suppress the inculpatory statement of appellant, a 17 year old youth, which he gave to the police without being afforded an opportunity to consult with an attorney or other interested adult. The facts disclosed by the record are not in dispute and substantiate this claim. Accordingly, the statement should have been excluded. Commonwealth v. Smith, 472 Pa. 492, 372 A.2d 797 (1977); Commonwealth v. Gaskins, 471 Pa. 238, 369 A.2d 1285 (1977); Commonwealth v. McCutchen, 463 Pa. 90, 343 A.2d 669 (1975).
Judgment of sentence is reversed and a new trial is ordered.
EAGEN, C. J., and POMEROY, J., dissent.