Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 10/20/1978
Commonwealth v. Legg
Citations
- 392 A.2d 801
- 258 Pa. Super. 294
- 1978 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3826
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- finding flight alone not sufficient to establish probable cause to arrest, but flight coupled with additional facts pointing to suspect’s guilt may establish probable cause
- finding flight alone not sufficient, but flight coupled with additional facts pointing to defendant’s guilt may establish probable cause
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Judges: Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth, Spaeth
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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-23· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. ZimmermanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-11-14· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. WatersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-04-11· cited 14×
- Commonwealth v. GeaseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-05-21· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. GraySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-01-18· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. PhillipsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-01-23· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. FoySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-03-25
- Commonwealth v. HarrisonDauphin County Court of Common Pleas· 1980-11-17
Cites
23 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Wong Sun v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 12,871×
- Chimel v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1969-06-23· cited 6,512×
- Adams v. WilliamsSupreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
- Warden, Maryland Penitentiary v. HaydenSupreme Court· 1967-05-29· cited 3,217×
- Draper v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1959-01-26· cited 3,191×
- Whiteley v. Warden, Wyoming State PenitentiarySupreme Court· 1971-03-29· cited 1,845×
- McCray v. IllinoisSupreme Court· 1967-04-24· cited 1,521×
- Commonwealth v. JonesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-07-01· cited 156×
- Betrand AppealSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-04-13· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. MamonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-11-17· cited 82×
- Commonwealth v. PegramSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. BlagmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-03-25· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BrooksSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. CruseSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-09-22· cited 20×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-06-21· cited 18×
- Commonwealth v. MontgomerySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-31· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. BensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. AyersSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-03-29· cited 11×
- Commonwealth v. HayesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-12-01· cited 11×
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