Commonwealth v. Hughes

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that reasonable suspicion to stop a vehicle for DUI existed where, in early morning hours, police observed the vehicle swerving between left and right lanes
• emphasizing that the trial court, acting as factfinder and “passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced, is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence”
• stating that the reasonable suspicion standard is less stringent than probable cause
• holding the odor of alcohol, inter alia, sufficient to justify DUI arrest
• stating that the reasonable suspicion standard is less stringent than probable cause
• reasonable suspicion to stop vehicle for DUI existed where, in early morning hours, police observed vehicle swerving between left and right lanes

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Feczko
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-12-22· cited 240×
• Commonwealth v. Houck
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-09-26· cited 146×
• Commonwealth v. Charleston
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-02-18· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Hilliar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-02-21· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-09-07· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-23· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Fulton
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-04-09· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. LaBenne
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-26· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Peters
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-01-10· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Fickes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-04-08· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Barnhart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-09-26· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Rowe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-11-12· cited 4×
• Hall v. Raech
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2010-01-07· cited 3×