Commonwealth v. Hampton

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that an investigative detention may continue “only so long as is necessary to confirm or dispel [an officer’s] suspicion”
• ruling the interaction was not a mere encounter where, although the officer “did not activate her emergency lights or siren, she nevertheless restrained [the defendant]’s freedom of movement by means of physical force when she blocked his exit” (cleaned up)
• interaction was investigative detention where officer’s vehicle blocked defendant from moving his vehicle
• “If however, a police presence becomes too intrusive, the interaction must be deemed an - 10 - J-A15004-22 investigative detention or seizure. An investigative detention, by implication, carries an official compulsion to stop and respond.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Luczki
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-07· cited 110×
• Com. v. Thomas, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-04-12· cited 36×
• Com. v. Rice, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-07· cited 33×
• Com. v. Green, M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-10-07· cited 1×
• Com. v. Brinson, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-12-09· cited 1×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• United States v. Mendenhall
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-30· cited 6,313×
• United States v. Sokolow
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 4,647×
• Commonwealth v. Strickler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 408×
• Commonwealth v. Reppert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-10· cited 239×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 121×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. DeHart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-19· cited 95×
• Commonwealth v. E.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-21· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Au
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Greber
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-04-28· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-01· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Gould
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-05-09· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Mulholland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-07· cited 24×