Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 4/17/1984

Commonwealth v. Williams

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475 A.2d 1283
504 Pa. 511
1984 Pa. LEXIS 241

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holding that the confession of an eighteen-year-old juvenile defendant, who had prior experience with the juvenile system, that was given with defendant’s father present and with no evidence of physical or psychological abuse by police was voluntary
no rebuttable presumption that juvenile is incompetent to waive Miranda rights without first having opportunity to consult with interested adult
in assessing voluntariness of confession, noting that “there was nothing unusual about [defendant’s] manner of speech”
superceded by statute on other grounds as stated in Commonwealth v. Kocher, 529 Pa. 303, 602 A.2d 1308 (1992)
absence of consultation with an interested adult will not render juvenile’s waiver of his Miranda rights per se incompetent where totality of the circumstances indicate that a knowing, intelligent and voluntary waiver was made
superseded by statute on other grounds

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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Hutchinson, Zappala, Papadakos

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