Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 12/30/1993
Commonwealth v. Mason
Citations
- 637 A.2d 251
- 535 Pa. 560
- 1993 Pa. LEXIS 330
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- rejecting Fourth Amendment view of independent source and inevitable discovery doctrines in cases involving warrantless entries of private dwellings
- documenting that the police acted “during the early afternoon hours”
- regarding suppression of objects obtained from forcible entry into and search of a dwelling
- regarding suppression of objects obtained from forcible entry into and search of a dwelling
- offering greater protection against forcible entry into and search of a dwelling
- purpose of exclusionary rule under Fourth Amendment is to deter police misconduct; purpose of exclusionary rule under Article I, § 8 is to protect implicit right to privacy in Pennsylvania
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy, Montemuro
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41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Commonwealth v. ChaseSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-11-26· cited 248×
- Commonwealth v. MatosSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-26· cited 208×
- Commonwealth v. MelendezSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-05-22· cited 195×
- Commonwealth v. WhiteSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-29· cited 186×
- Commonwealth v. ZhahirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-19· cited 176×
- Jones v. City of PhiladelphiaCommonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-01-25· cited 104×
- Jubelirer v. RendellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-08-19· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. RussoSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-11-20· cited 92×
- Commonwealth v. GlassSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-06-20· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. Davido, T., ApltSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-15· cited 76×
- Commonwealth v. PerelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-23· cited 74×
- Smith, D. v. PA Board of Probation & Parole, Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-18· cited 66×
- Commonwealth v. LehmanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-24· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-02-18· cited 65×
- Commonwealth v. RueySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-06· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. GillespieSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-25· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. Arter, K., Aplt.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-28· cited 58×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-23· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. PerrySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-06-03· cited 54×
- Commonwealth v. LehmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-29· cited 48×
Cites
10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Mapp v. OhioSupreme Court· 1961-10-09· cited 9,088×
- Segura v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1984-07-05· cited 1,569×
- Murray v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1988-06-27· cited 1,424×
- Commonwealth v. EdmundsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-04· cited 776×
- Commonwealth v. DeJohnSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-05-17· cited 216×
- Commonwealth v. MelilliSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. PlatouSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-11-26· cited 113×
- Commonwealth v. BrundidgeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-02-18· cited 100×
- Mains v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1978-11-27· cited 99×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-04· cited 8×
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