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Commonwealth v. McGrath

Citations

  • 470 A.2d 487
  • 504 Pa. 103

How courts have described this case

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  • stating that a “determination of whether statements were elicited at a custodial interrogation must be made in light of the totality of the circumstances involved, and the status of the questioner is only one of the relevant circumstances.”
  • counselors at juvenile placement facility were providing treatment and were not the equivalent of law enforcement, and so Miranda did not apply.
  • “The determination of whether statements were elicited at a custodial interrogation must be made in light of the totality of circumstances involved, and the status of the questioner is only one of the relevant circumstances.”

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Judges: Zappala, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson

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