Case Name: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Michael BARNES
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1975-10-03
Citations: 463 Pa. 259
Docket Number: No. 162
Parties: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Michael BARNES.
Judges: Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 463
Pages: 259–264

Head Matter:
344 A.2d 821
COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Michael BARNES.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Argued June 24, 1975.
Decided Oct. 3, 1975.
F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., Deborah E. Glass, Asst. Dist. Atty., Abraham J. Gafni, Deputy Dist. Atty. For Law, for appellant.
Lawrence J. Roberts, Gilbert B. Abramson, Philadelphia, for appellee.
Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O’BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
PER CURIAM.
This appeal comes before us after a grant of the Commonwealth's Petition for Interlocutory Appeal. On consideration of the order of the Court below and its effect on the Commonwealth's case, the appeal is dismissed as improvidently granted. Commonwealth v. Gullett, 459 Pa. 431, 434-435, 329 A.2d 513, 515 (1974) and cases cited therein.
EAGEN, J., would affirm the order of the trial court as to the tape recordings and reverse the order of the trial court as to the notes taken by the police during the defendant's interview.
POMEROY, J., filed a dissenting opinion.
Appellate Court Jurisdiction Act of 1970, Act of July 31, 1970 P. L. 673, No. 223, Art. V, § 501 and Article II, § 202, 17 P.S. § 211.-501 and § 211.202.