Commonwealth v. Green

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a dog’s indication, alone, was sufficient to elevate an officer’s reasonable suspicion to probable cause
• holding that a combination of factors were sufficient to establish reasonable suspicion, including observed nervous behavior, the officer’s prior knowledge regarding drug corridor routes, and prior convictions for “assault and drug offenses”
• holding that a police officer’s reasonable suspicion that a vehicle contained drugs ripened into probable cause to search the vehicle without a warrant when a canine’s sniff search positively alerted to the presence of narcotics inside the vehicle
• “Q. He indicated to you he was authorized to drive it? A. Yes.”
• applying Gary to the review of search of car

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Harris
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-20· cited 107×
• Com. v. Bumbarger, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-16· cited 43×
• Com. v. Benitez, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-09-03· cited 18×
• Com. v. Garcia, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-02-27· cited 14×
• Com. v. Castaneira, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-08-12· cited 5×
• Com. v. Coles, L.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-11-14

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Carroll v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-11-26· cited 7,454×
• Illinois v. Caballes
  Supreme Court· 2005-01-24· cited 2,007×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-02-16· cited 433×
• Commonwealth v. Miller
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-16· cited 308×
• Commonwealth v. Gray
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-02-05· cited 301×
• Commonwealth v. Gary
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-29· cited 255×
• Commonwealth v. Rogers
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-05-27· cited 167×
• Commonwealth v. Johnston
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-08-05· cited 142×
• Commonwealth v. Salter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-08-04· cited 130×
• Commonwealth v. Freeman
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 124×
• Commonwealth v. Luv
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-22· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Martin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-08· cited 60×
• Commonwealth v. By
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-02· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-01· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Basinger
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-10-21· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Dales
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-25· cited 39×