Court Opinion

ID: 9746378
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-27 14:14:00.494712+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:25:12.675591
License: Public Domain

*360DEL SOLE, Judge,
concurring:
I concur with the result reached by my colleagues but I believe that this case is controlled by our Supreme Court’s recent holding in Commonwealth v. Duncan, 514 Pa. 395, 525 A.2d 1177 (1987). Duncan modifies the Davenport rule so that statements of an accused not obtained through illegality within six hours of an arrest, will not be suppressed solely because arraignment was not held within six hours of such arrest. Therefore, the statements of the Appellees herein which were made within five hours of their respective arrests (as determined by the trial court) should not be suppressed. Unlike the majority, I see no reason to challenge the trial court’s findings of fact since these findings are duly supported by the record.