Com. v. Smith, M.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that because the police officer “lacked advance notice and an opportunity to obtain a warrant before commencing [the] search, he had a lawful right of access to the interior of Appellee’s vehicle to recover the evidence”
• observing interior of a vehicle through a window from outside the vehicle by shining a flashlight constitutes observation from a lawful vantage point
• reversing grant of motion to suppress firearm observed in the back seat of a car during a traffic stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Barnes, Q.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-05-26· cited 30×
• Com. v. Layer, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-25· cited 1×
• Com. v. Hightower, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-25· cited 1×
• Com. v. Fulton, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-09-19· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Saunders, O., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-11-20
• Com. v. Stoney, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-10-10

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Texas v. Brown
  Supreme Court· 1983-04-19· cited 3,147×
• In the Interest of L.J.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-30· cited 659×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-04· cited 292×
• Commonwealth v. Gary
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-29· cited 255×
• Commonwealth v. Hicks, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-31· cited 195×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 166×
• Commonwealth v. McCree
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 136×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Galendez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-08-24· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Simonson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-12· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. By
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-02· cited 57×
• United States v. Shaquille Robinson
  Fourth Circuit· 2017-01-23· cited 52×
• Com. v. Bumbarger, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-16· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. McEnany
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-11-08· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-27· cited 15×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-03· cited 7×

Other cases named Com. v. Smith, M.

3 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Com. v. Smith, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-23· cited 1×
• Com. v. Smith, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-23· cited 1×
• Com. v. Smith, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-07-23