Commonwealth v. Ellis

How courts have described this case

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

• holding officer had probable cause to arrest defendant for RSP when he encountered defendant carrying an adding machine in a high crime area at 2:00 a.m.
• “Thus, the offense is an ongoing one, still occurring in the instant case at the time the officer [arrested] the appellant.”
• whether a police officer had probable cause to arrest the defendant for receiving stolen property when the officer saw him carrying what appeared to be an adding machine at 2:00 a. m. in a high crime area
• taking adding machine during stop
• taking adding machine during stop

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Farrar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-26· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Hawkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-01-05· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-11· cited 27×
• State v. Knoefler
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 1982-10-20· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Galadyna
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Whitner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-06-28· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. Stewart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Hayes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-01· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Boden
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-08-12· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. MacK
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-29· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Bridgeman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-18· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Stein
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-08-20· cited 3×
• Com. v. Maldonado-Vallespil, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-12-20· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Harrison
  Dauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-11-17
• Commonwealth v. Black, C., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2026-06-16

Cites

8 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Beck v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1964-11-23· cited 5,133×
• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• Commonwealth v. Jeffries
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 151×
• Commonwealth v. Pegram
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. MacKie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-05-24· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Santiago
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-11-11· cited 22×
• Commonwealth v. DeFleminque
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 21×