Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 9/16/1992
Commonwealth v. Means
Citations
- 614 A.2d 220
- 531 Pa. 504
- 1992 Pa. LEXIS 465
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that a search conducted in violation of statutory Aknock and announce@ procedures warranted suppression of the evidence because the statutory procedures implicated the fundamental constitutional concern of the prohibition against unreasonable searches and seizures
- absent proof of exigent circumstances, 5 to 10 second wait after announcing purpose is not a reasonable length of time to allow occupant to respond
- absent proof of exigent circumstances, 5 to 10 second wait after announcing purpose is not a reasonable length of time to allow occupant to respond
- forcible entry after waiting five to ten seconds after knocking and announcing was unreasonable
- forcible entry after waiting five to ten seconds after knocking and announcing was unreasonable
- five to ten seconds unreasonable
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Nix, Larsen, Flaherty, McDermott, Zappala, Papadakos, Cappy
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21 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- United States v. Roscoe B. SargentFirst Circuit· 2003-02-27· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-05-06· cited 47×
- Com. v. Carey, R.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-04-19· cited 40×
- Commonwealth v. FrederickSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-25· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. CromptonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-08-21· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. CarltonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-10· cited 32×
- Commonwealth v. DeanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-16· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. RudisillSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-03-29· cited 12×
- Com. v. Bellamy, A.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-05-14· cited 12×
- Commonwealth v. BullSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-07· cited 11×
- Kellom v. StateDistrict Court of Appeal of Florida· 2003-06-18· cited 6×
- Commonwealth v. WagstaffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-11-06· cited 5×
- Commonwealth v. BullSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23· cited 3×
- United States v. SargentFirst Circuit· 2003-02-05
- State of Tennessee v. Larry Allen HicksCourt of Criminal Appeals of Tennessee· 2000-05-19
- Com. v. Fredericks, H.Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-09-25
- Commonwealth v. RodriquezPhiladelphia County Court of Common Pleas· 1996-07-01
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonMonroe County Court of Common Pleas· 1993-04-28
- Commonwealth v. WhiteCrawford County Court of Common Pleas· 1992-11-05
- Commonwealth v. TiradoMonroe County Court of Common Pleas· 1994-09-22
Cites
9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Ker v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1963-06-10· cited 3,146×
- Commonwealth v. StanleySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-01· cited 192×
- Commonwealth v. MasonSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-04-03· cited 144×
- Commonwealth v. DeMichelSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-04-22· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. NewmanSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-04-16· cited 104×
- Commonwealth v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-10-28· cited 61×
- Commonwealth v. MorganSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-12-24· cited 55×
- Commonwealth v. McDonnellSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-10-16· cited 26×
- Commonwealth v. McDonelSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-12-12· cited 15×
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