COMMONWEALTH v. JAMES

Criminal Law — Evidence — Confession — Constitutional warnings — Provision of counsel to indigent — Necessity of explicit statement that defendant may have counsel "free of charge" — Form of warning.

Mr. Justice O'BRIEN, Mr. Justice ROBERTS and Mr. Justice NIX dissented for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice O'BRIEN's dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Ponton, 450 Pa. 40, 299 A.2d 634 (1972).

OPINION PER CURIAM, November 30, 1972:

Judgment of sentence affirmed. See, Commonwealth v. Ponton, 450 Pa. 40, 299 A.2d 634 (1972).

Mr. Justice O'BRIEN, Mr. Justice ROBERTS and Mr. Justice NIX dissent for the reasons stated in Mr. Justice O'BRIEN's dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Ponton, 450 Pa. 40, 299 A.2d 634 (1972).