Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2/25/1988
Commonwealth v. Lagana
Citations
- 537 A.2d 1351
- 517 Pa. 371
- 1988 Pa. LEXIS 351
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- wherein our supreme court held that a temporary detention does not become an arrest when police take no action indicating an intention to take the person into custody beyond the actions necessary to conduct the detention
- our Supreme Court held that a police officer had reasonable suspicion to conduct an investigatory stop where the officer had reason to believe he was searching for a suspect who was was armed based on an informant’s tip and the person stopped met the description
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Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott
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38 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. Hicks, M., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-31· cited 195×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-07-23· cited 177×
- Commonwealth v. ZhahirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-19· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. LylesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-21· cited 108×
- Commonwealth v. SimmonsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-08· cited 102×
- Commonwealth v. MartinezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-01-23· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. PickronSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-02· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. LeetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-05-04· cited 59×
- Commonwealth v. CassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-01-07· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. RobinsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-31· cited 48×
- Commonwealth v. DennisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-07-20· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. ToanoneSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-01-19· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. BagleySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-30· cited 44×
- Commonwealth v. RevieraSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-09-08· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. BennettSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-03-03· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-04-23· cited 36×
- Com. v. Thomas, D.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-04-12· cited 36×
- In the Interest of D.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-12-27· cited 25×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-12-22· cited 23×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 463×
- Commonwealth v. HicksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1969-04-23· cited 263×
- Commonwealth v. CortezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-18· cited 155×
- Commonwealth v. HamlinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-28· cited 143×
- Commonwealth v. AndersonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-10-05· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. LaganaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-05-07· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. HaggertySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-10-08· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. LaganaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-25· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. LaganaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-10· cited 5×
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