# Commonwealth v. Bogan

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 5, 1978 · 482 Pa. 151

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9650145

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. Rhett BOGAN, Appellant (Two Cases)
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 5, 1978
- **Citations:** 482 Pa. 151; 393 A.2d 424; 1978 Pa. LEXIS 955
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Roberts
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packel, Packed
- **Cited by:** 34 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- explaining that the defendant denied any knowledge of the murder until he was advised that he matched the description of the assailant; this development, rather than any exploitation of an illegal arrest, prompted the defendant’s confession
- holding that the defendant’s confession was voluntary and free of any element of coercion where, inter alia, the confession occurred four hours after the arrest

## Opinion text

*166 ROBERTS, Justice,
concurring.
I join Part IV of Mr. Chief Justice Eagen’s opinion granting appellant a new trial. I therefore find it unnecessary to reach any of the other issues raised.
MANDERINO, J., joins in this concurring opinion.

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