Commonwealth v. Jennings

How courts have described this case

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

• holding “very general argument” that “cross-examination would be blocked without specific knowledge of the location from which [the officer] viewed the alleged criminal activity . . . falls far short” of overcoming the privilege
• evidence rule precludes disclosure of surveillance location unless defendant can establish that \interests of justice\ served
• disclosure of a confidential informant is a discovery matter wherein the trial court is given discretion under Pa.R.Crim.P. 305B(2), 42 Pa.C.S.A.
• evidence rule precludes disclosure of surveillance location unless defendant can establish that “interests of justice” served
• discovery of a police officer’s confidential surveillance site is discretionary with a trial court and is subject to qualified privilege

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Criss
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1998-01-14· cited 35×
• People v. Knight
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 2001-06-29· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Hritz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-08-18· cited 13×
• State v. Reed
  Court of Appeals of Washington· 2000-08-07· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriquez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-04-03· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Honesty
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-05-27· cited 3×
• State v. Moss
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1994-12-21· cited 3×
• Johnson v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2002-12-04· cited 2×

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Wade
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 8,442×
• Stovall v. Denno
  Supreme Court· 1967-06-12· cited 6,066×
• Roviaro v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-03-25· cited 3,599×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1967-09-26· cited 146×
• United States v. Gary Barrett Green
  D.C. Circuit· 1981-12-24· cited 114×
• Jarrad v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1985-10-07· cited 71×
• Commonwealth v. Iannaccio
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-06-21· cited 62×
• Commonwealth v. Lugo
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1990-01-25· cited 53×
• United States v. Stanley Harley, United States of America v. Stanley Harley
  D.C. Circuit· 1982-07-16· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Eicher
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-29· cited 47×
• Commonwealth v. Bonasorte
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21· cited 45×
• Commonwealth v. Mickens
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-08· cited 32×
• Hicks v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1981-05-20· cited 25×
• State v. Garcia
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1993-01-21· cited 21×
• State v. Crudup
  New Jersey Superior Court App Division· 1980-10-28· cited 19×
• Anderson v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1992-04-24· cited 14×
• Hines v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 1988-08-19· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. McGinn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-12-02· cited 11×