Commonwealth v. Ortiz

How courts have described this case

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

• residence defined as a place where one lives or has a home
• “[T]he common meaning of ‘place of abode’ is the actual house or apartment of a person. It does not include common areas to which a person has a right of access but which are shared with others who have a similar right of access.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Guyton.
  Hawaii Supreme Court· 2015-06-08· cited 29×
• In Re Residence Hearing Before the Board of School Directors
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 23×
• Com. v. Headley, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-11-19· cited 14×
• State v. Bannon
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 2018-01-12· cited 4×
• A.P. v. Lower Merion Sch. Dist.
  E.D. Pennsylvania· 2019-08-01
• Com. v. Davis, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-06-26

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• United States v. Mose Holland
  Second Circuit· 1985-02-08· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Seay
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1978-12-04· cited 61×
• Hines v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1974-10-17· cited 35×
• Commonwealth v. Dunphy
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1979-03-07· cited 34×
• White v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1971-11-01· cited 20×
• State v. Sealy
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 1988-08-23· cited 16×
• Bryant v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1974-04-17· cited 14×
• State v. Davidson
  Supreme Court of Iowa· 1974-04-24· cited 13×
• People v. Wilson
  Appellate Court of Illinois· 1975-06-16· cited 9×
• Clark v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1887-05-15· cited 6×
• Doerr v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1977-09-13· cited 4×
• In Re Samuel P.
  Supreme Court of Rhode Island· 1993-06-17· cited 2×
• Commonwealth v. Ortiz
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-24· cited 2×