Opinion

Commonwealth v. Jamison

  • 474 Pa. 541
  • 379 A.2d 87
  • 1977 Pa. LEXIS 832
Court
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Filed
Oct 7, 1977
Status
Published
Author
Packel
On the bench
Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packel, Eag-En
Cited by
9 cases

dissenting opinion of Pomeroy, J., joined by Eagen, C. J.

How later courts described this case

  • dissenting opinion of Pomeroy, J., joined by Eagen, C. J.

Written by the judges who cited it.

The opinion

PACKEL, Justice,

concurring.

Having adopted a per se rule of fairness in questioning arrested juveniles, this Court should not depart from its recent decisions on the basis that occasionally a factual exploration might indicate that the rule is 'an unnecessary protection. Accordingly, I join in the opinion of the majority-

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