Commonwealth v. Evans

How courts have described this case

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

• police trooper’s request for the defendant’s driver’s license and vehicle registration during welfare check did not constitute a seizure within the meaning of the Fourth Amendment
• car parked in the breakdown lane of highway with turn signal flashing at 11:30 p.m.
• when facts, viewed objectively, indicate driver who may be in need of medical attention, police may open car door to perform well-being check of driver without any further justification

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2004-04-05· cited 112×
• State v. Williams
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2006-03-13· cited 94×
• Commonwealth v. Gonsalves
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2005-08-29· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Sepheus
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-05-19· cited 62×
• State of Iowa v. Terry Lee Coffman
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 2018-06-22· cited 59×
• Ullom v. Miller
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2010-11-23· cited 53×
• Williams v. State
  Supreme Court of Delaware· 2008-12-02· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Bettencourt
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2006-11-07· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Brinson
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2003-12-30· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Montalvo
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2010-02-25· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Knowles
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2008-04-07· cited 26×
• Commonwealth v. Duncan
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2014-04-11· cited 24×
• G.M. v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2009-10-08· cited 22×
• Coffia v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 2008-07-29· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Murphy
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2005-02-11· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Fisher
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2014-07-22· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Rupp
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2003-02-13· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Kirschner
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2006-12-20· cited 12×
• Poe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2005-07-22· cited 11×
• Gentles v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 2010-12-22· cited 11×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Cady v. Dombrowski
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 2,465×
• Commonwealth v. Latimore
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-08-07· cited 1,893×
• Commonwealth v. Yesilciman
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-02-22· cited 194×
• Commonwealth v. Sandler
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1975-10-09· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. King
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1983-05-16· cited 118×
• State v. Reynolds
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1995-02-09· cited 80×
• State v. Godwin
  Idaho Supreme Court· 1992-02-05· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-06-07· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Smigliano
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1998-05-20· cited 67×
• State v. DeArman
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1989-06-26· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. Murdough
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1999-02-01· cited 48×
• Commonwealth v. Leonard
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1996-04-18· cited 42×
• O'DONNELL v. State
  Court of Appeals of Georgia· 1991-07-16· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Dahl
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2000-02-18· cited 21×
• State v. Brunelle
  Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 2000-12-29· cited 17×
• State v. Markgraf
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 1990-10-30· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Evans
  Massachusetts Appeals Court· 2001-02-09· cited 3×