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six-hour rule in Massachusetts

6 Massachusetts opinions name it 2 courts 1996–2019 0 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Massachusetts courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Commonwealth v. Duncanred
pa · 1987 · cited in 2 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1996–2004
2 sentences

2004See Commonwealth v. Duncan, 514 Pa. 395, 406 (1987).

1996Commonwealth v. Duncan, 514 Pa. 395, 406 (1987). “[A] delay of six hours between arrest and arraignment is an acceptable period of time to accommodate conflicting interests without creating such a coercive effect so as to violate the rights of an accused.

22
Commonwealth v. Perezgreen
pa · 2004 · cited in 3 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 2004–2014
2 sentences

2014See Perez, supra, at 368, 371 .

2014Commonwealth v. Perez, 577 Pa. 360, 368 (2004).

13
United States v. Alvarez-Sanchezgreen
scotus · 1994 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1996–1996
1 sentence

1996See United States v. Alvarez-Sanchez, supra at 1605 (Ginsberg, J., concurring). 5 The Supreme Court of Pennsylvania has adopted a six- hour rule providing that, although a defendant’s arraignment is unnecessarily delayed, any statement, otherwise admissible, that the defendant made within six hours of arrest need not be suppressed.

11
Commonwealth v. Goldsmithgreen
pasuperct · 1993 · cited in 1 Massachusetts opinions naming this issue, 1996–1996
1 sentence

1996Commonwealth v. Goldsmith, 422 Pa. Super. 191, 197-198 (1993).

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Massachusetts. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (2)

CaseCitedYears
Commonwealth v. Rosario green
mass · 1996
2 sentences

2013Perhaps most tellingly, we stated expressly in Rosario, supra at 56 , that the six-hour rule applied “with respect to police questioning of an arrested person” (emphasis added).

1998We are mindful, however, that the six-hour rule of Commonwealth v. Rosario, supra, may supply the necessity for such questioning.

21998–2013
Commonwealth v. Estabrook green
mass · 2015
2 sentences

2019As we stated in Estabrook , 472 Mass. at 858 n.12, 38 N.E.3d 231 , albeit without elaboration, the six-hour rule applies only to historical "telephone call" CSLI.

2019As we stated in Estabrook , 472 Mass. at 858 n.12, 38 N.E.3d 231 , albeit without elaboration, the six-hour rule applies only to historical "telephone call" CSLI.

12019–2019

Statutes the citing opinions construe

USC § 18u.s.c.3501 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

PA 48 (1977–2021) MA 6 (1996–2019) OH 2 (1978–2013)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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