Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/1/1974

Commonwealth v. Jones

Citations

457 Pa. 423
322 A.2d 119
1974 Pa. LEXIS 851

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affirming denial of suppression where police falsely informed 17-year-old defendant that another suspect had inculpated him before defendant waived his Miranda rights and confessed
finding the defendant’s confession was voluntary despite a detective’s deceptive statement that a co-conspirator implicated him
finding confession was voluntary even though, after the defendant gave an initial exculpatory statement, the detective falsely claimed that a co-conspirator had implicated him
“recognizing distinction between coerced confession claim and claim that confession is inadmissible under Miranda[.]”
“there is no simple litmus test for determining whether a confession is involuntary.' Instead, courts must consider the totality of the circumstances surrounding the confession”
police falsely told defendant that his co-defendant had given a statement against him

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Judges: Brien, Consideration, Eagen, Manderino, Nix, Pomeroy, Roberts, Took

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