# Commonwealth v. Jamison

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · October 7, 1977 · 474 Pa. 541

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9635504

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania v. James M. JAMISON, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** October 7, 1977
- **Citations:** 474 Pa. 541; 379 A.2d 87; 1977 Pa. LEXIS 832
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Packel
- **Judges:** Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Nix, Manderino, Packel, Eag-En
- **Cited by:** 9 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

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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