Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 7/2/1981
Commonwealth v. Taylor
Citations
- 431 A.2d 915
- 494 Pa. 399
- 1981 Pa. LEXIS 1046
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- holding interrogation lasting slightly over an hour did not psychologically coerce defendant’s confession
- actual period of interrogation lasting slightly more than one hour did not overwhelm defendant’s will
- actual period of interrogation lasting slightly more than one hour did not overwhelm defendant's will
- actual period of interrogation lasting slightly more than one hour did not overwhelm defendant’s will
- Where psychological coercion overbears a criminal defendant’s will, resulting statements will be suppressed
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Judges: O'Brien, Roberts, Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Kaufmann, Wilkinson
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7 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. NesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-03-25· cited 199×
- Commonwealth v. RyanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-28· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. LoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. NesterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-08· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. PuchalskiSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-11· cited 10×
- Commonwealth v. BernardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-16· cited 2×
- Commonwealth v. TurnerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-15· cited 2×
Cites
4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Culombe v. ConnecticutSupreme Court· 1961-06-19· cited 1,662×
- Commonwealth Ex Rel. Butler v. RundleSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-03-15· cited 222×
- Commonwealth v. O'BryantSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. TaylorSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 7×
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