267 Pa. Super. 49 - Commonwealth v. McBee’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
16 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 18 later decisions — most recently September 2012
16 state decisions
Later decisions citing this case, by decade. The current decade is in progress, and our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so the latest bars are undercounted — not a real decline.
Relationships
Relies on Brewer v. Williams · Estes v. Texas · Commonwealth v. Blair · Commonwealth v. Bighum · Commonwealth v. McCutchen
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 18 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Appellant [appellee] contends that the lower court erred in admitting his confession to police because it was involuntary. Specifically, he claims that this confession resulted from physical abuse, threats, and cajolery by the police. However, testimony of the interrogating officers refuted this claim and was credited by the suppression court. Because the evidence supports the suppression court’s findings, we conclude that this claim is without merit. See Commonwealth v. Sparrow, 471 Pa. 490 , 370 A.2d 712 (1977); Commonwealth v. Walker, 470 Pa. 534 , 368 A.2d 1284 (1977); Commonwealth v. Washington, 259 Pa.Super. 407 , 393 A.2d 891 (1978). Appellant [appellee], a 17 year old juvenile at the time of arrest, also contends that the lower court should not have admitted his confession because it was taken (a) in the absence of a consultation with an interested and informed adult, Commonwealth v. McCutchen, 463 Pa. 90 , 343 A.2d 669 (1975), and (b) contrary to an agreement that appellant’s [appellee’s] counsel be present, Brewer v. Williams, 430 U.S. 387 , 97 S.Ct. 1232 , 51 L.Ed.2d 424 (1977); Commonwealth v. Bullard, 465 Pa. 341 , 350 A.2d 797 (1976). Because appellant [appellee] failed to raise the McCutchen issue pre-trial and the Brewer issue in post-verdict motions, we hold that he has waived those issues. See Commonwealth v. Baylis, 477 Pa. 472 , 384 A.2d 1185 (1978); Commonwealth v. Blair, 460 Pa. 31 , 331 A.2d 213 (1975).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“A fair reading of Mr. Steinmetz’s voir dire reveals that he had a sincere, sub stantial and persistent doubt concerning his ability to give a fair verdict, despite his equally sincere assertion that he would try to the best of his ability to follow the court’s instructions and, implicitly, not to allow his niece’s death by shooting to influence his judgment. We conclude, therefore, that the lower court abused its discretion in refusing to excuse Mr. Steinmetz for cause.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We ... find the court’s refusal to excuse Mr. Rubin for cause an abuse of discretion. This error was not harmless. Where, as here, a defendant is forced to use one of his peremptory challenges to excuse a prospective juror who should have been excused for cause, and then exhausts his peremptories before the jury is seated, a new trial will be granted.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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