Commonwealth v. Newsome

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that “the number of officers present during the interaction” and “the officer’s demeanor” are factors the court may consider in assessing if a seizure occurred
• stating that “the number of officers present during the interaction” and “the officer’s demeanor” are factors the court may consider in assessing if a seizure occurred
• emphasizing that “[a]n appellate court must give weight to the specific, reasonable inferences drawn from the facts in light of the officer's experience and acknowledge that innocent facts, when considered collectively, may permit the investigative detention”
• interaction classified as mere encounter where lieutenant, without activating police cruiser’s lights or siren, asked defendant to stop two or three times without threatening any consequences for non-compliance, did not use authoritative tone, and did not brandish weapon or show force

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

7 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Luczki
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-07· cited 110×
• Com. v. Heidelberg, C.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-11-23· cited 101×
• Com. v. Thomas, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-04-12· cited 36×
• Com. v. Rice, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-11-07· cited 33×
• Com. v. Gurung, S.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-09-17· cited 16×
• Com. v. Powell, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-02-03· cited 10×
• Com. v. Singletary, W.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-12-17· cited 10×

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Reppert
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-12-10· cited 239×
• Commonwealth v. Brown
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2010-05-27· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Korn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-05-25· cited 133×
• Commonwealth v. Bostick
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-09-30· cited 127×
• Commonwealth v. Williams
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-07-09· cited 99×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Hughes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-09-25· cited 86×
• Commonwealth v. Ranson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-10-08· cited 70×
• Commonwealth v. Mendenhall
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-07-29· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Parker
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-05-01· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Kendall
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-05-29· cited 16×

Other cases named Commonwealth v. Newsome

8 other CourtListener records share this case name.

• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-05-13· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-06· cited 10×
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-10-12· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1956-12-14· cited 3×
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-10-16
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1971-09-30
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1973-02-08
• Commonwealth v. Newsome
  Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas· 1972-06-20