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Commonwealth v. Edmunds

Citations

  • 586 A.2d 887
  • 526 Pa. 374
  • 1991 Pa. LEXIS 28

How courts have described this case

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

  • concluding that a \good faith\ exception to the exclusionary rule in the state of Pennsylvania would frustrate the privacy guarantees embodied in Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution
  • concluding that a \good faith\ exception to the exclusionary rule in Pennsylvania would frustrate the privacy guarantees embodied in Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution
  • concluding that a “good faith” exception to the exclusionary rule in Pennsylvania would frustrate the privacy guarantees embodied in Article I, Section 8 of the Pennsylvania Constitution
  • holding that “we are not bound by the decisions of the United States Supreme Court which interpret similar (yet distinct) federal constitutional provisions”
  • holding that the state courts may provide greater rights and protections for Pennsylvanians under our charter than the federal courts under theirs
  • holding that Pennsylvania’s Constitution extends further protection than Fourth Amendment because it also serves privacy concerns and bolsters warrants

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy

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

Cites

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