Commonwealth v. Bland

Full title: COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Dennis BLAND, Respondent.

Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

Date published: Jul 24, 2013

72 A.3d 263 (Pa. 2013)

Opinion

2013-07-24

COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Petitioner v. Dennis BLAND, Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

Petition for Allowance of Appeal from the Order of the Superior Court, No. 134 EAL 2013.

Prior report: Pa.Super., 68 A.3d 355.

ORDER

PER CURIAM.

AND NOW, this 24th day of July 2013, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Did Superior Court err by suppressing a confession that respondent gave after receiving Miranda v. Arizona, 384 U.S. 436, 86 S.Ct. 1602, 16 L.Ed.2d 694 (1966), warnings because, six days prior to any police questioning, while in custodyin another jurisdiction, he had signed a form anticipatorily declining to be interviewed?