Commonwealth v. Joseph

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that the Commonwealth must demonstrate both probable cause and exigent circumstances to justify a warrantless seizure
• seizure of a vehicle for an indeterminate amount of time while the police obtain a warrant is constitutionally justified only if probable cause exists
• “[A] police officer’s observance of a defendant’s conduct [in] a ‘high crime area’ may, along with other factors, contribute to a finding of probable cause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Caban
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-12-18· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-08-29· cited 21×
• Com. v. Snowden, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-01-10· cited 1×
• Com. v. Rosario, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-23

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Berkemer v. McCarty
  Supreme Court· 1984-07-02· cited 4,856×
• Chambers v. Maroney
  Supreme Court· 1970-10-12· cited 4,391×
• United States v. Place
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-20· cited 3,374×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• In the Interest of D.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-18· cited 270×
• Commonwealth v. Thompson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-29· cited 257×
• Commonwealth v. Chase
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-26· cited 248×
• Commonwealth v. White
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-29· cited 186×
• Commonwealth v. Rodriguez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-15· cited 128×
• Commonwealth v. Luv
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-22· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Simmons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-08· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Hernandez
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-21· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Russo
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-20· cited 92×
• Commonwealth v. Milyak
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-06-04· cited 87×
• Commonwealth v. Mistler
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-12-27· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-05-20· cited 53×
• Commonwealth v. Revere
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-28· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Rosario
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Fell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-06-07· cited 20×