Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Taper
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided April 23, 1969No. Appeal, 173PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Bell,
This is an appeal by the Commonwealth from an Order of the lower Court suppressing a confession by the defendant.
Robert Honser was shot and killed in the early morning of March 28, 1965. The police were immediately called to the scene where they spoke with Geraldine Taper, aged 17, who stated that the gun (which was Houser’s) went off accidentally as she was handing the gun to him. Houser had been the father of one of Geraldine’s two illegitimate children.
The police took Geraldine into custody that same morning at approximately 3:30 A.M., at which time she was…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Jackson v. DennoSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Escobedo v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Johnson v. New JerseySupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Blackburn v. AlabamaSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1977
- Commonwealth v. MosesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1971
- Commonwealth v. LoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1976
- Commonwealth v. CainMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1972
- Commonwealth v. SaundersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1978
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