No. 21-6277

Jordan Adonis Rawls v. Pennsylvania

Lower Court: Pennsylvania
Docketed: 2021-11-16
Status: Denied
Type: IFP
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: criminal-charges criminal-prosecution custodial-interrogation due-process miranda-warnings patterson-v-illinois police-disclosure sixth-amendment
Key Terms:
FifthAmendment CriminalProcedure
Latest Conference: 2022-01-14
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether police must do more than administer Miranda warnings when an individual is subject to custodial interrogation and police fail to disclose criminal charges have been filed

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Mr. Rawls asks the Court to address the question left open by this Court’s holding in Patterson v. Illinois, 487 U.S. 285 (1985) — whether something more than Miranda warnings are required for a person already subject to formal criminal prosecution but never made aware of that fact. The question presented is: 1. WHETHER POLICE, TO PROTECT A PERSON’S SIXTH AMENDMENT RIGHTS, MUST DO MORE THAN ADMINISTER MIRANDA WARNINGS WHEN THE INDIVIDUAL IS SUBJECT TO POLICE CUSTODIAL INTERROGATION AND POLICE DELIBERATELY FAIL TO DISCLOSE THAT CRIMINAL CHARGES HAVE ALREADY BEEN FILED? ii

Docket Entries

2022-01-18
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-30
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/14/2022.
2021-12-22
Waiver of right of respondent Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2021-11-11
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due December 16, 2021)

Attorneys

Jordan Rawls
Edward J. Rymsza IIIMiele & Rymsza, P.C., Petitioner
Pennsylvania
Martin L WadeLycoming County District Attorney's Office, Respondent