Commonwealth v. Lehman

How courts have described this case

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

• emphasizing the intent of the MPJA is to enable protection of the public while maintaining municipal police officers’ accountability to local authority
• “[T]he [Statewide Municipal Police Jurisdiction Act] should be liberally construed to achieve its purposes . . ..”
• Act was not intended to “erect impenetrable jurisdictional walls benefiting only criminals hidden in their shadows.”
• Section 8953(a)(5) authorizes extra-jurisdictional detention where on-duty officer develops probable cause in primaty jurisdiction and limits out-of-jurisdiction activities to maintaining status quo until officers from appropriate jurisdiction arrive
• Section 8953(a)(5) authorizes extra-jurisdictional detention where on-duty officer develops probable cause in primary jurisdiction and limits out-of-jurisdiction activities to maintaining status quo until officers from appropriate jurisdiction arrive
• “the trier of fact while passing upon the credibility of witnesses and the weight of the evidence produced, is free to believe all, part or none of the evidence.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. BOROVICHKA
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-27· cited 138×
• Martin v. DOT, Bureau of Driver Licensing
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-08-22· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Hilliar
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-02-21· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Chernosky
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-27· cited 49×
• Commonwealth v. Henry
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-02-19· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Mathis, D., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-22· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Lee
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-03-13· cited 29×
• Com. v. Hobel, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-05-10· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Peters
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-02-19· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Hlubin, M., Aplt.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-05-31· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Bergamasco
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-10-16· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Forsythe
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-01· cited 5×
• Com. v. Eakin, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2024-09-25· cited 1×
• Commonwealth v. Beeker
  Lawrence County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-01-22

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Mason
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-30· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Lehman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-24· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Merchant
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-07-31· cited 54×
• Commonwealth v. McCandless
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-03· cited 28×
• Commonwealth v. Pratti
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-18· cited 17×