Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 5/20/1988
Commonwealth v. Baker
Citations
- 541 A.2d 1381
- 518 Pa. 145
- 1988 Pa. LEXIS 169
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding exigent circumstances and considering the factor that the search was conducted when the police stopped a moving vehicle only thirty minutes after a crime was reported
- “[I]t is not clear that the intrusion arising from immobilization of an automobile is less than the intrusion of searching it.”
- Police stopped vehicle thirty minutes after tip of a crime and searched vehicle without a warrant
- Police stopped vehicle thirty minutes after tip of a crime and searched vehicle without a warrant
- Poliee stop of vehicle thirty minutes after report of crime validated warrantless search given presence of probable cause and exigencies of mobility of vehicle
- “It is well established that automobiles are not per se unprotected by the warrant requirements of the Fourth Amendment, and of Art. I [sic; 1], § 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution.”
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Stout
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28 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-04· cited 292×
- Commonwealth v. GarySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-29· cited 255×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-29· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-15· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. LuvSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-22· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. HernandezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-21· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. GleasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-11-30· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. PerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-03· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. LabronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-29· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. GatlosSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-10· cited 44×
- In the Interest of T.P.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-10-21· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-13· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. RosenfeltSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-11· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. CamachoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-01· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. RosarioSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. KilgoreSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-26· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. WilsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-03· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. EvansSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-06-27· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. JosephSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-12-20· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. TrunzoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-23· cited 16×
Cites
8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- United States v. RossSupreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 3,985×
- Michigan v. LongSupreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 463×
- Commonwealth v. HolzerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-27· cited 195×
- Commonwealth v. HamlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-28· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. MilyakSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-04· cited 87×
- Commonwealth v. LewisSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. BakerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-11-15· cited 6×
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