Commonwealth v. Copeland

How courts have described this case

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

• the odor of marijuana provided probable cause to believe that marijuana was inside the vehicle and to support a search of that vehicle
• “[T]he evidence required to establish probable cause for a warrantless search must be more than a mere suspicion or a good faith belief on the part of the police officer.”
• law enforcement officer’s detection of odor of marijuana sufficient to establish probable cause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Bostick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-30· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Gatlos
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-10· cited 44×
• In the Int. of: A.A., a Minor Appeal of: A.A.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-17· cited 38×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-31· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Lee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-13· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Scott
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-10· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Stevenson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-05· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Rowe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-12· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Gary
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-09-27· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Alexander, K., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-12-22
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-05-10
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Lehigh County Court of Common Pleas· 2010-09-16
• Commonwealth v. Romanski
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2015-02-25

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. McCree
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-05-31· cited 136×
• Commonwealth v. Stoner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Perry
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-03· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Dennis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-20· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Hinkson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-29· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Keller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-05-05· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-13· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Rosa
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-06-22· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Lechner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-11-22· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Stainbrook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-01-13· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Casanova
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-02-10· cited 26×