Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Christmas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Decided September 26, 1983No. 81-3-380PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
FLAHERTY, Justice.
In the Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia, the appellee, Kevin Christmas, was convicted of possession of a controlled substance with intent to deliver. Judgment of sentence was set at one to seven years imprisonment. The Superior Court reversed and ordered the case remanded for a new trial1, on grounds that an inculpatory statement given by appellee should have been suppressed. We granted the Commonwealth’s Petition for Allowance of Appeal.
At . the time of his arrest, appellee was approximately 17 years and 8 months of age. When, appellee was…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Fare v. Michael C.Supreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Gallegos v. ColoradoSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Commonwealth v. McCutchenSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1975
- Commonwealth v. FoganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1972
- Commonwealth v. RoaneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1974
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
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- State v. FernandezSupreme Court of Louisiana · 1998
- Commonwealth v. WatersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1984
- McIntyre v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1987
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