271 Pa. Super. 138 - Commonwealth v. Fowler’s Empirical Analysis
1979
Citation profile
16
cited by 16 later decisions
1
states following
May 2010
most recently cited
16 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Gagnon v. Scarpelli · Von Moltke v. Gillies · Commonwealth v. Holzer · Commonwealth ex rel. Rambeau v. Rundle · 234 Pa. Super. 31 - Commonwealth v. Davis
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“To be valid such waiver must be made with an apprehension of the nature of the charges, the statutory offenses included within them, the range of allowable punishments, thereunder, possible defenses to the charges and circumstances in mitigation thereof, and all other facts essential to a broad understanding of the whole matter. A judge can make certain that an accused’s professed waiver of counsel is understandingly and wisely made only from a penetrating and comprehensive examination of all the circumstances under which such a plea is tendered.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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