Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 7/12/1978
Commonwealth v. Lyons
Citations
- 390 A.2d 752
- 257 Pa. Super. 142
- 1978 Pa. Super. LEXIS 3147
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that police officers “had the right, pursuant to their caretaking functions” to open defendant’s car door to turn off the engine after arresting defendant for driving while intoxicated
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Judges: Watkins, Jacobs, Hoffman, Cercone, Price, Van Voort Spaeth
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Cites
29 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
- United States v. RobinsonSupreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 3,538×
- South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court· 1976-07-06· cited 3,445×
- Pennsylvania v. MimmsSupreme Court· 1977-12-05· cited 3,269×
- Cady v. DombrowskiSupreme Court· 1973-06-21· cited 2,465×
- Harris v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1968-03-05· cited 1,768×
- Commonwealth v. BosurgiSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1963-04-16· cited 463×
- Commonwealth v. SwangerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 193×
- Commonwealth v. ScottSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-20· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. BlevinsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-09-19· cited 110×
- Commonwealth v. MurraySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-01-27· cited 105×
- Commonwealth v. DavenportSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-07-02· cited 68×
- Commonwealth v. JacksonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. DonnellySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. DerenSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-31· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. BrandtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-12-15· cited 38×
- Commonwealth v. MimmsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-03-23· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LevesqueSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. DeFeliceSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-06-29· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. PinneySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-10-07· cited 29×
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