Commonwealth v. King

How courts have described this case

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

• “The investigatory stop is a useful and necessary police tool. It fills the gap between circumstances where the officer obviously has no right to invade personal privacy. It credits police officers with an instinct developed through years of experience and observation.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Dennis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-31· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Hook
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-04-15· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Sabb
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-08-24· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Crissy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-09-03· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Bynum
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-04-12· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Glessner
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-04· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. O'Neal
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-11-25· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Hart
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-18· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Evans
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-05-13· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Gray
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-18· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Lumb
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-06-12· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Bedsaul
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-04-16· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Bridgeman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-02-18· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Guest
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-05· cited 1×