Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1/29/1976

Commonwealth v. Bullard

Citations

350 A.2d 797
465 Pa. 341
1976 Pa. LEXIS 419

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because confession is most damning of all evidence, erroneous admission of confession not harmless error
because confession is most damning of all evidence, erroneous admission of confession not harmless error
“Because a confession is the most damning of all evidence, we cannot say that we are convinced beyond a reasonable doubt that the error did not affect the judgment.”
Where judge advised police that they were not to talk to defendant until his family obtained a lawyer, “[t]he record show[ed] that, through th[is] intermediary], appellant expressed a clear desire not to be questioned until counsel was obtained for him____”
New trial granted where police disregarded appellant’s initial exercise of rights

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Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino

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