Court Opinion

ID: 9758581
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-28 23:36:54.172801+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:28:52.874152
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ROBERTS, Justice,
concurring.
I agree with the majority that the admissibility of appellant’s written statement was decided in a previous appeal and that consequently the trial court erred in reconsidering this issue. Because our decisions in Commonwealth v. Romberger, 454 Pa. 279, 312 A.2d 353 (1973) (Romberger I) and Commonwealth v. Romberger, 464 Pa. 488, 347 A.2d 460 (1975) (Romberger II) held that appellant’s statement was inadmissible, it is not necessary to decide if waiver principles required the trial court to reach the same result.