Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, 2020

Commonwealth v. Rawls, J.

Commonwealth v. Rawls, J.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania · Decided August 17, 2020

Commonwealth v. Rawls, J.

Opinion

M.D. Appeal Dkt.

49 MAP 2020 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT

COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, : No. 58 MAL 2020 : Respondent : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal : from the Order of the Superior Court v. : : : JORDAN ADONIS RAWLS, : : Petitioner :

ORDER

PER CURIAM AND NOW, his 17th day of August, 2020, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to the remaining issue. The issue, as stated by petitioner, is:

Whether police, to protect a person’s sixth amendment rights, must do more than administer Miranda warnings when the person is subject to police custodial interrogation and police deliberately fail to disclose that criminal charges have already been filed?

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