Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Arroyo
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided January 21, 1999No. 190 M.D. App. Dkt. 1996PublishedCited by 87 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CAPPY, Justice.
This is an appeal by allowance from the opinion and order of the Superior Court affirming the judgment of sentence of the Court of Common Pleas of Lancaster County. The primary issue in this matter is whether Bryant Arroyo’s (“Appellant”) right to counsel, as guaranteed by the Pennsylvania Constitution, was violated when the police refused to let an attorney speak with him following his waiver of his Miranda rights. For the following reasons, we now affirm.
On September 25, 1994 at 2:54 a.m., a Manheim Township police officer responded to a 911 call placed from the home…
2Cases cited36 opinions
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- Michigan v. TuckerSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
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