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Keith Lamar Foster v. Pennsylvania
IFP petition · Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Western District, No. 34 WAP 2023 · judgment March 20, 2025
Question presented
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?
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Steven Anthony Tehovnik
Allegheny County Office of the Public Defender
For respondent
Ronald Michael Wabby Jr.
Allegheny County Dist. Atty.
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Oct 06 2025Petition DENIED.
- Sep 11 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 9/29/2025.
- Sep 04 2025Waiver of right of respondent Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to respond filed.
- Jun 18 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 22, 2025)