Commonwealth v. Duvall, R. - No. (Granted) (petitions for allowance of appeal)

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80 MAP 2015 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF PENNSYLVANIA MIDDLE DISTRICT COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, Respondent v. ROBERT LEE DUVALL, Petitioner : No. 264 MAL 2015 : : : Petition for Allowance of Appeal from : the Order of the Superior Court : : : : : : ORDER PER CURIAM AND NOW, this 27th day of October, 2015, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED. The issue, as set forth by Petitioner, is as follows: Whether the lower court erred when it denied Duvall’s motion to suppress as involuntary his confession during a non-custodial interrogation where (a) the trooper repeatedly — and admittedly — lied about DNA evidence and proof of penetration, (b) Duvall repeatedly denied having sex with [the victim], (c) the trooper told Duvall that a jury would not believe him, [and] (d) the confession did not fit the accusation beyond the act of sex?

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