Commonwealth ex rel. Derry v. Rundle, 213 A.2d 349

Opinion

Per Curiam,

Petitioner challenges a 1948 ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍conviction in reliance on the decision in Escobedo v. Illinois, 378 U.S. ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍478, 84 S. Ct. 1758 (1964). Having concluded today that the ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍rule of that case is not to be given ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍retrospective application, Commonwealth v. Negri, 419 Pa. 117, 213 A. 2d 670 (1965), Negri is here ‍​​‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​‍controlling.

Order affirmed.

Mr. Justice Cohen dissents.

Case Details

Case Name: Commonwealth ex rel. Derry v. Rundle

Court Name: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Date Published: Sep 29, 1965

Citations: 213 A.2d 349; 419 Pa. 146; 1965 Pa. LEXIS 481; Appeal, No. 108

Docket Number: Appeal, No. 108

Court Abbreviation: Pa.