Commonwealth v. Kane

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a smartphone deliberately hidden inside a dormitory bathroom to video the people therein was “abandoned property” for constitutional purposes
• holding that defendant did not have a reasonable expectation of privacy over cell phone that he intentionally left on and recording in a public restroom
• explaining that a description of the general class of items to be searched may be sufficient
• indicating a warrant must state with sufficient particularity the property to be seized and the person or place to be searched
• affirming the trial court's finding that a cell phone was abandoned and that law enforcement therefore permissibly executed a warrantless search

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Kurtz, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-04-28· cited 83×
• Com. v. Davis, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-10-23· cited 33×
• Com. v. Young, B.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-12-23· cited 19×
• Com. v. Rivera, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-05-22· cited 19×
• Com. v. Edwards, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-12-28· cited 2×
• State v. Moore
  Supreme Court of South Carolina· 2020-02-19
• Com. v. McFarland, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-06-29
• Com. v. Hall, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-03
• Com. of PA v. F.W. Karash
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-02-06
• Com. v. Watkins, Z.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-09-29
• Com. v. Hoyle, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-05-16
• Com. v. Williams, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-07-24
• Commonwealth v. Kurtz, J., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-12-16

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-25· cited 502×
• Commonwealth v. Rega
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-10-17· cited 337×
• Commonwealth v. Orie
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-03-06· cited 176×
• Commonwealth v. Wallace
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-04-26· cited 166×
• Commonwealth v. Fulton, I., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-21· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Bostick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-30· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Shoatz
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-11-24· cited 123×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Enimpah, A.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-29· cited 106×
• Commonwealth v. Peterson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-11-05· cited 89×
• Commonwealth v. Viall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-12-30· cited 57×
• Commonwealth v. Clark
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-19· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Cooley, III, N., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-06-15· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Dowds
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-11-22· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Sodomsky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-05· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Dougalewicz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-03-30· cited 20×