Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1/30/1991
Commonwealth v. Jenkins
Citations
- 585 A.2d 1078
- 401 Pa. Super. 580
- 1991 Pa. Super. LEXIS 200
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- probable cause found when police observed suspect twice open trunk of car, place his hand in a plastic bag which contained numerous small packets filled with a white substance
- probable cause found when police observed suspect twice open trunk of car, place his hand in a plastic bag which contained numerous small packets filled with a white substance
- police observation of two narcotic street transactions through binoculars was proper
- probable cause found when police, using binoculars, twice observed defendant open trunk of car and place his hand in plastic bag which contained numerous packets filled with white substance where police had unobstructed view and events occurred in high crime area
- warrantless search allowed where probable cause developed over 10 minutes of observations
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Sole, Popovich, Brosky
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12 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. AgnewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-17· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-08-02· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. CamachoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-01· cited 32×
- In Re Baby Boy S.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-11-09· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. TrunzoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-04-23· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. ElliotSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-19· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. PleummerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-10-30· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. KilgoreSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. LopezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-29· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. GreenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-05-29· cited 7×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-05· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. UrrutiaDauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1996-04-11
Cites
21 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Katz v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
- Carroll v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1925-11-26· cited 7,454×
- Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court· 1970-10-12· cited 4,391×
- United States v. RossSupreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 3,985×
- Mincey v. ArizonaSupreme Court· 1978-06-21· cited 3,849×
- New York v. BeltonSupreme Court· 1981-09-23· cited 3,483×
- United States v. ChadwickSupreme Court· 1977-06-21· cited 2,561×
- Arkansas v. SandersSupreme Court· 1979-06-20· cited 1,484×
- California v. GreenwoodSupreme Court· 1988-05-16· cited 1,059×
- Robbins v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1981-09-23· cited 503×
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 463×
- Commonwealth v. DuggerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-09· cited 417×
- Commonwealth v. HamlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-28· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. RodriguezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-15· cited 128×
- Commonwealth v. LemanskiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-07-20· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. ReddixSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-06· cited 71×
- Commonwealth v. OglialoroSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-08-23· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. CameronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-07-06· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. HenrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-03· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. HackneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-06-03· cited 11×
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