267 Pa. Super. 34 - Commonwealth v. Cooke’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
May 1992
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Chambers v. Mississippi · Hoffman v. United States · Commonwealth v. Hubbard · Commonwealth v. Bighum · Commonwealth v. Ilgenfritz
Most-quoted passages
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“When an individual ... is called to testify ... in a judicial proceeding, he or she is not exonerated from answering questions merely upon the declaration that in so doing it would be self-incriminating. It is always for the court to judge if the silence is justified, and an illusory claim should be rejected. However, for the court to properly overrule the claim of privilege, it must be perfectly clear from a careful consideration of all the circumstances, that the witness is mistaken in the apprehension of self-incrimination and the answers demanded cannot possibly have such tendency]!]”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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