No. 25-5425
Keith Lamar Foster v. Pennsylvania
Response WaivedIFP
Tags: due-process interrogation-tactics police-misrepresentation self-incrimination statement-voluntariness suspect-status
Key Terms:
DueProcess FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
DueProcess FifthAmendment JusticiabilityDoctri Jurisdiction
Latest Conference:
2025-09-29
Question Presented (from Petition)
Where a police officer misrepresents the fundamental nature of an individual's interaction with police by lying about his status as a suspect, does this factor make a statement made in an otherwise non-coercive interaction involuntarily given?
Put another way, does Detective Sellers' lie about Mr. Foster's status as a suspect outweigh the other factors in considering the voluntariness of his statement?
Question Presented (AI Summary)
Where a police officer misrepresents the fundamental nature of an individual's interaction with police by lying about his status as a suspect, does this factor make a statement made in an otherwise non-coercive interaction involuntarily given?
Docket Entries
2025-10-06
Petition DENIED.
2025-09-11
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
2025-09-04
Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
2025-06-18
Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 22, 2025)
Attorneys
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr. — Allegheny County Dist. Atty., Respondent
Keith Foster