Commonwealth v. Bailey

How courts have described this case

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

• illegally obtained evidence is allowable “[i]f the prosecution can establish by a preponderance of the evidence that the illegally obtained evidence ultimately or inevitably would have been discovered by lawful means”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• C.B. v. J.B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-22· cited 218×
• Com. v. Heidelberg, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-11-23· cited 101×
• A.M.S. v. M.R.C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-28· cited 98×
• Com. v. King, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-08-13· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Anderson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-03-19· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Gatlos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-10· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Hemingway
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-11· cited 27×
• Com. v. Floyd, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-13· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Durso
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-02· cited 5×
• Com. v. Brinson, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-12-09· cited 1×
• Com. v. Winston, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-06-02
• Com. v. Rosario, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-23

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Miranda v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1966-06-13· cited 58,288×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-09-17· cited 223×
• Commonwealth v. Hennigan
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-09· cited 153×
• Commonwealth v. Gonzalez
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-07-17· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Frye
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-25· cited 8×