Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. MacK
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided May 20, 2002No. 54 EAP 2000PublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT
Justice NEWMAN.
We granted this appeal to decide the validity of a consent to search when the police inform the suspect that they would obtain a search warrant if the suspect refuses permission to search. We affirm the decisions of the Court of Common *331Pleas of Philadelphia County (trial court) and the Superior Court upholding the validity of the consent to search.
On January 26, 1994, at approximately 7:00 p.m., Sergeant Kilrain of the Philadelphia Police Department received a telephone call from a woman who identified herself as Officer Susan Hughes…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Miranda v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
- Bumper v. North CarolinaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2000
- Commonwealth v. CortezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1985
- Commonwealth v. CleckleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1999
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3Cited by26 opinions
- State v. O'NeillWashington Supreme Court · 2003
- Commonwealth v. CabanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2012
- Commonwealth v. AcostaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2003
- Commonwealth v. RevereSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2005
- State v. PittsSupreme Court of Vermont · 2009
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