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Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1/3/2008

Commonwealth v. Williams

Citations

  • 941 A.2d 14
  • 2008 Pa. Super. 6
  • 2008 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3
  • 2008 WL 44312

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that although the Appellant was unconscious in the backseat of her vehicle for an unknown amount of time, the Commonwealth established that the Appellant was in \actual physical control\ of the vehicle
  • explaining that the officer’s order to “sit tight” did not make the appellant’s “initial detention . . . so coercive or her freedom so curtailed as to constitute a former arrest,” warranting the issuance of Miranda warnings
  • finding police may utilize experience and - 12 - J-S52033-14 personal observations to render opinions as to whether suspects are intoxicated
  • applying a totality of circumstances test and concluding the defendant’s questioning at the scene of a traffic accident did not constitute custodial interrogation necessitating Miranda warnings
  • finding trial court acted within its “statutory authority and discretion” when it sentenced defendant, a second-time DUI offender, to county IP, rather than mandatory 30 days’ imprisonment pursuant to Section 3804(b)(2
  • “[A] police officer may utilize both his experience and personal observations to -4- J-A35008-14 render an opinion as to whether a person is intoxicated.”

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Judges: Elliott, Musmanno, Melvin, Lally-Green, Todd, Bowes, Gantman, McCaffery, Daniels

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