Commonwealth v. Cooper

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a seizure does not occur simply because a police officer approaches an individual with the intention of asking that individual questions
• stating that an officer is not required to be absolutely certain the individual is armed; rather an officer only has to reasonably believe that his safety or the safety of others was in danger
• stating that an officer is not required to be absolutely certain the individual is armed; rather an officer only has to reasonably believe that his safety or the safety of others was in danger
• reversing trial court's denial of motion to suppress where there was insufficient evidence to support the frisk of the defendant for weapons
• distinguishing faulty pat-down during the day from several valid ones occurring “late at night”
• finding no reasonable suspicion to conduct a pat-down where Cooper, who was standing next to a dumpster when police approached, moved his hand toward his pocket but immediately stopped moving when so directed by the officers

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Ross, A.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-06-20· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Guess
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-09-13· cited 27×
• SPUCK v. Pennsylvania Board of Probation and Parole
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-17
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Delaware County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-07-28
• Commonwealth v. Dobson, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-01-08
• Com. v. Cunningham, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-12-13
• Com. v. Toliver, I.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-03-27

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• United States v. Yong Hyon Kim
  Third Circuit· 1994-06-30· cited 155×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 111×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-10· cited 94×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-05-23· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. McClease
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-28· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Mendenhall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-29· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Moyer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-01· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. MacK
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-07-11· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Patterson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-29· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-06-11· cited 50×
• Commonwealth v. Murray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-12· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Myers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-01· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-09· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Mulholland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-07· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. McDonald
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-08-05· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-04-26· cited 21×
• West Central Germantown Neighbors v. Zoning Board of Adjustment
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-07-01· cited 10×