Commonwealth v. Gould

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an investigative detention commenced when parole agent parked his car behind defendant's vehicle, blocking it from moving, identified himself as a parole officer, and asked defendant to exit the vehicle
• explaining that reasonable suspicion to search a parolee’s property is based on the totality of the evidence
• stating that an appellant who raises an issue in his Pa.R.A.P. 1925(b) statement but then presents no argument on the issue in his appellate brief has abandoned the issue
• stating that a “parole officer’s warrantless search of a parolee will be deemed reasonable, and the fruits of the search will be admissible in court, if the totality of the evidence demonstrates: (1
• rejecting “stalking horse” doctrine where, after being informed by police of defendant’s suspected drug activities parole agent, with police as backup, detained and searched defendant for suspected parole violations
• holding parole agent had reasonable suspicion to detain defendant and search his person and vehicle, where police informed parole agent defendant was not residing at his designated residence, the defendant was seen in known high crime area, and the defendant had prior parole violations

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Wright, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-06-09· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Hampton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-02-12· cited 35×
• Com. v. Rosendary, E.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-03-19· cited 14×
• Com. v. Brantley, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-09

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-25· cited 502×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-21· cited 108×
• Commonwealth v. James
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-05-29· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-21· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Au
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-01· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Griffin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-07-01· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-01-31· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Moore
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-08-09· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Chambers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-09-21· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Colon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-10-28· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Taylor
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-05-11· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Mulholland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-07· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-12· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Altadonna
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-02-13· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Lloyd
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-05-14· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Crisp
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-03-06· cited 6×