# Commonwealth v. McFeely

> Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · December 12, 1985 · 509 Pa. 394

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9703058

## Case

- **Full name:** COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellee, v. Rodger McFEELY, Appellant
- **Court:** Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
- **Decided:** December 12, 1985
- **Citations:** 509 Pa. 394; 502 A.2d 167; 1985 Pa. LEXIS 439
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Concurrence by Larsen
- **Judges:** Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos
- **Cited by:** 17 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
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## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- holding the defendant’s confession was the product of the intervening circumstances of being confronted with the - 13 - J-S51030-18 suspected murder weapon and his co-conspirator, who accused the defendant of shooting the victim

## Opinion text

LARSEN, Justice,
concurring.
I concur in the result, but write separately because I think it is unnecessary for the majority to even discuss the issues which it considers to be decisive in this case. I would hold that appellant has waived his right to challenge both the legality of his arrest and the effect of any illegality, and would, therefore, not reach either of the issues discussed in the majority opinion. See: Pa.R.A.P. 302(a).

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