Legal Opinion

In the Interest of T.P.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania

Decided October 21, 2013PublishedCited by 32 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION BY

BOWES, J.:

The Commonwealth appeals from the juvenile court order that granted T.P.’s motion to suppress based on 42 Pa.C.S. § 6338(c)(1), a provision of the Juvenile Act. Specifically, the court ruled that certain statements made by Juvenile during a pre-polygraph interview that was part of court-ordered counseling he was receiving for unrelated delinquency cases were inadmissible. After careful review, we affirm.1

Juvenile was originally adjudicated delinquent on two separate juvenile delinquency petitions. The juvenile court found Juvenile delinquent for the commission of acts…

2Cases cited16 opinions

  1. Dilliplaine v. Lehigh Valley Trust Co.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
  2. Commonwealth v. FosterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2011
  3. Commonwealth v. MooreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  4. Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2007
  5. Commonwealth v. CharlestonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2011

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3Cited by32 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ThompsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  2. Commonwealth v. HaleSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  3. Commonwealth v. BundySuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  4. Estate of FullerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2014
  5. Riverview Carpet & Flooring, Inc. v. PresbyterianSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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