253 Pa. Super. 163 - Commonwealth v. Curtis’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
13
cited by 13 later decisions
1
states following
September 1985
most recently cited
13 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Schneckloth v. Bustamonte · Red Ball Motor Freight, Inc. v. Shannon · Commonwealth v. Bosurgi · Commonwealth v. Kichline · Commonwealth v. Yount
Most-quoted passages
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“The issue of whether a defendant’s consent to a blood alcohol test is knowing and voluntary is a question of fact which must be determined in each case from the totality of the circumstances. See Schneckloth v. Bustamonte, 412 U.S. 218 , 93 S.Ct. 2041 , 36 L.Ed.2d 854 (1973); Commonwealth v. Watkins, 236 Pa.Super. 397 , 344 A.2d 678 (1975); Commonwealth v. Kelly, 235 Pa.Super. 299 , 341 A.2d 141 (1975).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In reviewing the lower court’s determination that appellee did not voluntarily and knowingly consent to a blood alcohol test, we must consider the evidence adduced at the suppression hearing in the light most favorable to appellee and must give appellee the benefit of all reasonable inference arising from the evidence.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“In sum, appellee was unable, physically or mentally, to understand the meaning of a consent to a blood test.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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