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?