Commonwealth v. Robertson

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that when the only factor weighing against voluntariness was that an individual was in custody, “[n]o reasonable fact-finder could weigh [the] factors and determine that [a person’s consent is] involuntary”
• finding consent voluntary where police did not use coercive tactics, defendant was informed of her right to refuse, and subsequently cooperated with the blood draw
• “police officers had no affirmative duty to tell [motorist] she would not be subjected to enhanced criminal penalties if she refused the blood tests.” (emphasis in original)
• analyzing voluntariness of consent to blood draw

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Com. v. Richards, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-04· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Neysmith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-06-28· cited 48×
• Schoon v. N.D. Dep't of Transportation
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2018-09-13· cited 21×
• State v. Bohe
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2018-09-25· cited 14×
• In Re: P.M., Appeal of: P.M.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2020-03-06· cited 8×
• Com. v. Moroz, R.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-10-04

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Birchfield v. N. Dakota. William Robert Bernard
  Supreme Court· 2016-06-23· cited 1,440×
• Commonwealth v. Evans
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-20· cited 165×
• Commonwealth v. Giron
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-01-31· cited 130×
• Commonwealth v. Cleckley
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-23· cited 104×
• Commonwealth v. Cline
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-29· cited 66×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-09-25· cited 63×
• Commonwealth v. Gillespie
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-04-25· cited 61×
• Garlick v. Commonwealth, Department of Transportation, Bureau of Driver Licensing
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-01-03· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Baldwin
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-28· cited 32×
• In Re Angeles Roca First Judicial District Philadelphia County
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-22· cited 27×
• Estate of Paterno v. National Collegiate Athletic Ass'n
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-25· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Maguire
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-08· cited 7×