Commonwealth v. Barnett

How courts have described this case

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

• interpreting Pennsylvania cases following Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 88 S.Ct. 1868, 20 L.Ed.2d 889 (1968); Commonwealth v. Hall, 475 Pa. 482, 380 A.2d 1238 (1977) (same); Commonwealth v. Jones, 474 Pa. 364, 378 A.2d 835 (1977) (same
• insufficient basis for stop where defendant looked in direction of police, ducked behind parked vehicle, and then ran away when officer got out of police car
• while an officer approaching an individual to ask a question is permissible, when the conduct associated with the approach, however laudable, creates a coercive environment, suppression of any subsequently obtained evidence is proper

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

26 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Commonwealth v. Matos
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-26· cited 208×
• People v. Thomas
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 1983-03-28· cited 100×
• In the Interest of O.A.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-08-20· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Au
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Bennett
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-30· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Robinson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-31· cited 48×
• United States v. Johnson
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1985-08-05· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Hunt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-07-03· cited 43×
• United States v. Bennett
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1986-08-20· cited 42×
• In re D.J.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1987-10-19· cited 41×
• Matter of Adoption of Christopher P.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-19· cited 40×
• Commonwealth v. Evans
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-11-21· cited 38×
• Cobb v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-08-18· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Stainbrook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-13· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Hoak
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-08-12· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Wilmington
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-31· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Carroll
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-07-02· cited 20×
• O'SHAUGHNESSY v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1982-10-12· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Peterfield
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-14· cited 16×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Commonwealth v. Bosurgi
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 463×
• Commonwealth v. Jeffries
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 151×
• Commonwealth v. Sparrow
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 134×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Berrios
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 117×
• Commonwealth v. Wrona
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-03-18· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Anderson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Willis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 23×