Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2/18/1977

Commonwealth v. Mitchell

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369 A.2d 846
246 Pa. Super. 132
1977 Pa. Super. LEXIS 1572

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recognizing that harmless error analysis is appropriate even if presumptively coerced confession is improperly introduced
recognizing that harmless error analysis is appropriate even if presumptively coerced confession is improperly introduced
“the right not to have one’s silence used against one does not depend upon whether the right is asserted at the beginning of interrogation or later on”
\the right not to have one's silence used against one does not depend upon whether the right is asserted at the beginning of interrogation or later on\
\the right not to have one's silence used against one does not depend upon whether the right is asserted at the beginning of interrogation or later on\
a court cannot expect suspects under interrogation to talk like lawyers and the court had no difficulty determining the suspect re-asserted his right to silence even though that assertion took a casual form

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Judges: Spaeth, Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth, Van Voort

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