Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2/1/2018
Commonwealth v. Thomas
Citations
- 179 A.3d 77
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- applying Coleman and holding that the officer’s asking the defendant to take his hands out of his pockets did not turn the mere encounter into a seizure
- finding the appellant’s evasive movements and his refusal to comply with the officers’ request to remove his hands from his pockets gave officers reasonable suspicion to frisk the appellant for the officers’ safety
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Judges: Panella, Olson, Stevens
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Cites
20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Florida v. RoyerSupreme Court· 1983-03-23· cited 6,728×
- United States v. CortezSupreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
- Florida v. BostickSupreme Court· 1991-06-20· cited 4,435×
- Commonwealth v. StricklerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-08-24· cited 408×
- In the Interest of D.M.Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-18· cited 270×
- Commonwealth v. ZhahirSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-05-19· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. ColemanSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-20· cited 154×
- Commonwealth v. LylesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 152×
- Commonwealth v. StevensonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-02-28· cited 134×
- Commonwealth v. GallagherSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-28· cited 125×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-19· cited 111×
- Commonwealth v. HarrisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-20· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-02· cited 98×
- Commonwealth v. SnyderSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-01-22· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. BlairSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-10-13· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. BaldwinSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-09-01· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. HallSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-06-03· cited 39×
- Commonwealth v. StiloSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-04-28· cited 36×
- Commonwealth v. CarterSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-09· cited 29×
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