Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/14/1984
Commonwealth v. McGrath
Citations
- 470 A.2d 487
- 504 Pa. 103
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Zappala, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson
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6 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AllshouseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 32×
- Attorney Grievance Commission v. ByrdCourt of Appeals of Maryland· 2009-04-14· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. ZieglerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. McGrathSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-07-09· cited 8×
- In the Interest of C.O.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-03· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. QuinnLehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-01-02
Cites
40 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Rhode Island v. InnisSupreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,571×
- Stone v. PowellSupreme Court· 1976-10-04· cited 4,303×
- Malloy v. HoganSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 3,675×
- Brewer v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1977-05-16· cited 2,626×
- Murphy v. Waterfront Commission of New York HarborSupreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 1,503×
- Haley v. OhioSupreme Court· 1948-01-19· cited 1,069×
- Mathis v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-05-06· cited 760×
- Parisi v. DavidsonSupreme Court· 1972-02-23· cited 351×
- United States v. TempiaUnited States Court of Military Appeals· 1967-04-25· cited 328×
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 312×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-03-15· cited 222×
- Commonwealth v. DeJohnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-17· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 156×
- Commonwealth v. ChackoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-27· cited 138×
- Commonwealth v. SimalaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 115×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-07· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-07-08· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. MeyerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-20· cited 86×
- Commonwealth v. BordnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-11-12· cited 80×
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