Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/25/1972
Commonwealth v. Smith
Citations
- 447 Pa. 457
- 291 A.2d 103
- 1972 Pa. LEXIS 552
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- applying the test to a situation where defendant claimed he was too intoxicated to understand the Miranda warnings
- defendant intoxicated; officers testified defendant was “alert and responsive, and at no time failed to understand the nature of the interrogation or the questions asked of him”; Court found confession voluntary
- as with consumption of alcohol, drug intake does not automatically invalidate an incriminatory statement
- drinking does not automatically invalidate subsequent incriminating statements
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Jones, Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Bell, Barbieri
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51 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. KichlineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-07-06· cited 312×
- Fahy v. HornThird Circuit· 2008-01-24· cited 222×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 156×
- Commonwealth v. EilandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 148×
- Commonwealth v. SparrowSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. FahySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-21· cited 120×
- Commonwealth v. ScarboroughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 85×
- Commonwealth v. HilliardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 83×
- Bortz Coal Co. v. CommonwealthCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-07-09· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. CornishSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 52×
- Commonwealth v. StammSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-04-20· cited 51×
- Commonwealth v. FieldsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. PughSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-01-26· cited 50×
- Commonwealth v. O'BryantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. StarkSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-05-20· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. RoseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-24· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. KuhnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-03-23· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. CulbersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-17· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 29×
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
- Lego v. TwomeySupreme Court· 1972-01-12· cited 1,930×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-03-15· cited 222×
- Commonwealth v. CammSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-05-13· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. FryeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. IngramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-10-09· cited 52×
- United States v. Timothy William Kershner and Albert William Smith, Jr.Fifth Circuit· 1970-10-06· cited 47×
- United States v. Harry Joseph MartinFifth Circuit· 1970-11-13· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. GwynSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-25· cited 8×
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