Opinion by
On March 30, 1967, Meyer Lexton, the aged proprietor of the Claridgе Hotel, was shot and killed. On April 5, 1967, a call was received at the hеadquarters of the Philadelphia Police Department, thе caller stating that he was the killer of Mr. Lexton and wanted to give himself up. Two officers were sent to the address given by the cаller. When they arrived at the address, the defendant Charles Cooper identified himself as the man who placed the call. Aftеr being given all the Miranda warnings, defendant made an oral confession concerning the shooting of Lexton. This was undoubtedly a voluntary, spontаneous statement or confession, and consequently was admissible.
Defendant was then taken to police headquarters and, after again receiving all the Miranda warnings, gave a statemеnt which was recorded by the police. After this statement was typewritten, defendant repudiated the statement and refused to sign it. A short while later, defendant was released from custody.
On April 17, 1967, dеfendant was brought to police headquarters and, after bеing given the Miranda warnings, was questioned and then released. At this time, he made no statement.
On June 26, 1967, George Maiden was arrested and gavе a statement implicating himself and the defendant in the murder of Meyer Lexton. Defendant was arrested on June 21, 1967 and, after being given all the Miranda warnings, gave a formаl statement or confession in which he admitted his involvement in the Lеxton killing. This statement was substantially the same as the statement which hе had given on April 5th. Before he gave his statement on June 27th, defendant had not *124 been informed of the crime which was the subject of his intеrrogation.
Prior to his trial on the murder indictment, his attorney filed a motion to suppress all of the statements which had been made by the defendant. This motion was heard before Judge (now President Judgе) D. Donald Jamieson. After a full evidentiary hearing, Judge Jamieson denied the motion to suppress.
Defendant’s murder trial commenсed on March 5, 1969. Statements given by defendant on April 5th and June 27th werе admitted into evidence over the objection of defendant’s trial counsel. Defendant was found by the jury guilty of murder in the secоnd degree and was sentenced by the Court to a term of eight tо twenty years’ imprisonment. Post-trial motions were filed, argued, and denied. This appeal was then taken.
The sole contentiоn raised in this appeal is that the typewritten confession mаde and signed by defendant on
June 27, 1967
was unlawfully obtained and, therefore, should not have been admitted into evidence. Defendant-аppellant bases this contention on
Commonwealth v. Collins,
It is obvious that the language in Commonwealth v. Collins, 436 Pa., supra, does not control this case. Here the defendant was aware of the crime for which he was being investigated—in fact he had telephoned the police and informed them that he had shot and killed the vic *125 tim. Therefore, the written confessiоn of June 27, 1967, which was preceded by proper Miranda warnings, was properly admitted into evidence.
Judgment of sentence affirmed.
Notes
Mr. Justice Jones and Mr. Justice Cohen joined in Mr. Justice O’Bkíen’s Opinion, and Mr. Justice Basen, Mr. Justice Roberts, Mr. Justice Pomeroy and Mr. Chief Justice Bell concurred in the result.