Com. v. Watts
| Citation | 489 A.2d 747,507 Pa. 193 |
| Parties | COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Appellant, v. Henry WATTS, Appellee. |
| Decision Date | 03 April 1985 |
| Court | United States State Supreme Court of Pennsylvania |
Michael J. Kane, Dist. Atty., Stephen B. Harris, Doylestown, for appellant.
Robert J. Kupits, Doylestown, for appellee.
Before NIX, C.J., and LARSEN, FLAHERTY, McDERMOTT, HUTCHINSON, ZAPPALA and PAPADAKOS, JJ.
I dissent based upon my dissenting opinion in Commonwealth v. Starr, 486 Pa. 530, 406 A.2d 1017 (1979), and would therefore reverse the order of the Superior Court.
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Commonwealth v. Hill
...a lie detector may be admitted into evidence.” Commonwealth v. Watts, 319 Pa.Super. 179, 184, 465 A.2d 1288, 1291 (1983), aff'd,507 Pa. 193, 489 A.2d 747 (1985). See: Commonwealth v. Jones, 341 Pa. 541, 19 A.2d 389 (1941); Commonwealth v. Hipple, 333 Pa. 33, 3 A.2d 353 (1939). See also: Com......
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Com. v. Schneider
...a lie detector may be admitted into evidence." Commonwealth v. Watts, 319 Pa.Super. 179, 184, 465 A.2d 1288, 1291 (1983), aff'd, 507 Pa. 193, 489 A.2d 747 (1985). See: Commonwealth v. Jones, 341 Pa. 541, 19 A.2d 389 (1941); Commonwealth v. Hipple, 333 Pa. 33, 3 A.2d 353 (1939). See also: Co......
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Com. v. Nester
...of the evidence that the defendant confessed voluntarily. Commonwealth v. Watts, 319 Pa.Super. 179, 465 A.2d 1288 (1983), aff'd 507 Pa. 193, 489 A.2d 747 (1985); see also Colorado v. Connelly, 479 U.S. 157, 107 S.Ct. 515, 93 L.Ed.2d 473 In this case, Nester was not in custody when he confes......
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Commonwealth v. Hill, J. S59023/11
...failed a lie detector may be admitted into evidence." Commonwealth v. Watts, 319 Pa.Super. 179, 184, 465 A.2d 1288, 1291 (1983), aff'd, 507 Pa. 193, 489 A.2d 747 (1985). See: Commonwealth v. Jones, 341 Pa. 541, 19 A.2d 389 (1941); Commonwealth v. Hipple, 333 Pa. 33, 3 A.2d 353 (1939). See a......
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