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· 8/22/2023

Commonwealth v. Hartleb, C.

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that evidence discovered during a search incident to an unlawful arrest is inadmissible
  • explaining that arrest justified by probable cause supports search incident to arrest
  • explaining that arrest justified by probable cause supports search incident to arrest
  • noting that “it is the command of the Fourth Amendment that no warrants for either searches or arrests shall issue except upon probable' cause” and that “[t]he requirement of probable cause has roots that are deep in our history”
  • noting that \it is the command of the Fourth Amendment that no warrants for either searches or arrests shall issue except upon probable cause\ and that \[t]he requirement of probable cause has roots that are deep in our history\
  • describing how rebellion against oppressive “general warrants” and “writs of assistance” motivated the Fourth Amendment’s probable cause requirement, which “has roots that are deep in our history.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Per Curiam

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