Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/24/1977
Commonwealth v. Hall
Citations
- 380 A.2d 1238
- 475 Pa. 482
- 1977 Pa. LEXIS 921
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- nothing in the Constitution prevents the police from addressing questions to anyone on the streets
- defendant’s dropping of heroin packets constituted voluntary abandonment where abandonment occurred after the “plain-clothes officers merely double-parked the unmarked automobile and approached [defendant]”
- three officers approaching defendant not a stop
- three officers approaching defendant not a stop
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Judges: Eagen, O'Brien, Roberts, Pomeroy, Manderino, Packel, Nix
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48 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. MatosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-26· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. HamlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-28· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-23· cited 67×
- Commonwealth v. ChandlerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-25· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. ReynoldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-12· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. ByrdSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-30· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. SlatonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-01· cited 42×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-05-08· cited 42×
- In the Interest of JermaineSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-10-22· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. PetersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-06-07· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. BullingSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-29· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. BennettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-03· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. OrlowskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. WebbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-22· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-26· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. AnderlSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-18· cited 30×
- Romeo v. LooksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-29· cited 30×
- Commonwealth v. SlymanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-09-21· cited 27×
- Commonwealth v. WilmingtonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-03-31· cited 24×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-14· cited 22×
Cites
15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 173×
- Commonwealth v. JeffriesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 151×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. BerriosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1970-03-20· cited 117×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-07· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. PollardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-01-19· cited 78×
- Commonwealth v. SharpeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. TuckerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. PinneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 29×
- United States v. Terry L. EmbryThird Circuit· 1976-12-02· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. CashSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-22· cited 23×
- Commonwealth v. HorsleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-12-15· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-04-22· cited 2×
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