Com. v. Bathurst, G., Jr.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• concluding driver was in physical control of the vehicle where the police encountered the vehicle pulled off on the side of a highway with the engine running and the stereo active
• finding sufficient evidence to show defendant’s actual physical control of vehicle where: trooper found defendant in driver’s seat of - 12 - J-S42040-25 vehicle; the engine was running, keys were in the ignition, and tail lights were on; and defendant stated he “just came from” a bar
• “The Commonwealth can establish through wholly circumstantial evidence that a defendant was driving, operating or in actual physical control of a motor vehicle.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Green, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-07-11· cited 15×
• Com. v. Dourlain, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-05-09· cited 2×
• Com. v. Luberto, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-08-22

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Florida v. Bostick
  Supreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 4,435×
• Commonwealth v. Tejada
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-01-06· cited 302×
• Commonwealth v. Reppert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-10· cited 239×
• Commonwealth v. Fulton, I., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-21· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Adams, E., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-03-26· cited 85×
• Commonwealth v. Brotherson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-13· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Cahill
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-06-24· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-01· cited 45×
• Com. v. Brame, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-15· cited 40×
• Com. v. Fallon, F.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-19· cited 32×
• Com. v. Powell, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-03· cited 10×