446 Pa. Super. 609 - Commonwealth v. McEnany’s Empirical Analysis
1995
Citation profile
19 state decisions
How this case has been cited
Cited by 19 later decisions — most recently March 2026
19 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 Illinois v. Gates · Texas v. Brown · Commonwealth v. Gray · Commonwealth v. Shaw · 305 Pa. Super. 386 - Commonwealth v. Trenge
Most-quoted passages
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“The decision of the Superior Court [on Appellant’s direct appeal] granting a new trial has created a discrepancy over which statements and testimony the [Superior Court] found inadmissible at trial. When Corporal Freehling returned to the room to continue questioning [Appellant], he began to advise [Appellant] of his constitutional rights. [Appellant] interrupted him and stated that he wanted to do the right thing and he knew what the right thing was. He further stated that he wanted to tell what happened, but did not want to do anything stupid and wanted an attorney present when he made his statement. [Appellant] contends that the [S]uperior [C]ourt ruled the Commonwealth could not introduce any of the statements allowed by the trial judge. Specifically, [Appellant] argues that reference to [Appellant] wanting to do the right thing, knowing what the right thing was and not making a statement impermissi-bly commented on his right to remain silent. Whereas, the Commonwealth avers that the [S]uperior [C]ourt ruled that only the reference to [Appellant] not making a statement was inadmissible.... On appeal, the [S]uperior [C]ourt was presented with the [Appellant]^ claims that admission of his statements that he wanted to tell what happened and do the right thing, coupled with the testimony that he did not give a statement constituted an impermissible comment on his right to remain silent. [The Superior Court] began its analysis by focusing on the pretrial ruling of the judge. I”
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