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Commonwealth v. Wise

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 17, 1976
353 A.2d 36 (Pa. 1976)

Opinion

Argued: April 8, 1975.

Decided: March 17, 1976.

Appeal No. 200 January Term, 1974, from Judgment of Sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, Trial Division, Criminal Section, as of September Term, 1967, No. 1614; James T. McDermott, Judge.

F. Ross Crumlish, Philadelphia, for appellant.

F. Emmett Fitzpatrick, Dist. Atty., Steven H. Goldblatt, Asst. Dist. Atty., Chief, Appeals Div., B. H. Levintow, Philadelphia, for appellee.

Before JONES, C. J., and EAGEN, O'BRIEN, ROBERTS, POMEROY, NIX, and MANDERINO, JJ.


OPINION OF THE COURT


Appellant, Alvin Wise, was convicted of murder in the second degree and, after the denial of post-verdict motions, was sentenced to ten to twenty years imprisonment. In this appeal appellant contends (1) that the prosecution's evidence was insufficient to sustain the verdict of murder in the second degree, (2) that certain physical evidence taken from his apartment should have been suppressed, (3) that his confession to the police was involuntary, and (4) that his confession was the product of an unnecessary delay between arrest and arraignment. We have examined the record and find the first three contentions to be without merit. The fourth issue was not properly preserved for appellate review.

Judgment of sentence affirmed.


Summaries of

Commonwealth v. Wise

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mar 17, 1976
353 A.2d 36 (Pa. 1976)
Case details for

Commonwealth v. Wise

Case Details

Full title:COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Alvin WISE, Appellant

Court:Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date published: Mar 17, 1976

Citations

353 A.2d 36 (Pa. 1976)
353 A.2d 36