Commonwealth v. Miller

How courts have described this case

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

• holding “[t]he personal involvement of the declarant assures direct knowledge of the source of the information and the self[-]implication tends to suggest the reliability of the statement[]”
• noting, “[t]he personal involvement of the declarant assures direct knowledge of the source of the information and the self[-]implication tends to suggest the reliability of the statement”
• suggesting an enhanced reliability relative to a probable-cause determination when the declarant was involved in the events being recounted, because “[t]he' personal involvement of the declar-ant assures direct knowledge of the source of. the information”
• suggesting an enhanced reliability relative to a probable-cause determination when the declarant was involved in the events being recounted, because “[t]he personal involvement of the declarant assures direct knowledge of the source of the information”
• “We have noted the requirement of probable cause is not structured to assure certainty but rather it is a test of probabilities dealing with the considerations of everyday life.”
• “We have noted the requirement of probable cause is not structured to assure certainty but rather it is a test of probabilities dealing with the considerations of everyday life.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Briggs
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-01-19· cited 417×
• Commonwealth v. Zook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Brinkley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-07-13· cited 72×
• Commonwealth v. Hetzel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-03-14· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Fortenbaugh
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-06-17· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Osborn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1987-06-18· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Sneeringer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-12-29· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Upchurch
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-08-07· cited 23×
• Commonwealth v. Watkins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-03-21· cited 21×
• Commonwealth v. Stanley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-06-17· cited 18×
• Commonwealth, Aplt. v. Hopkins, L., Jr.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-06-30· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Rafalko
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-11-02· cited 4×
• Leonard v. Commonwealth
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-05-09· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. York
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-12-21
• Commonwealth v. Schur
  Lancaster County Court of Common Pleas· 2009-12-08

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Aguilar v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-15· cited 7,289×
• Spinelli v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1969-01-27· cited 6,223×
• Commonwealth v. Davenport
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-03-16· cited 232×
• Commonwealth v. Garvin
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-06-28· cited 218×
• Commonwealth v. Chumley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 102×
• Commonwealth v. Hall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-03-16· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. Saunders
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1956-09-24· cited 88×
• DeVito v. Civil Service Commission
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1961-06-26· cited 78×
• Commonwealth v. Stokes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Cunningham
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-02-28· cited 46×
• Commonwealth v. Dickerson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1976-10-08· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-01-07· cited 36×
• Commonwealth v. Stickle
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-03-14· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Glover
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-03-20· cited 24×