Commonwealth v. Valentin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that police detained a suspected drug dealer for investigative purposes, not custodial, when police directed him to place his hands on a car and held his clothes because the officers did not interrogate him, display their weapons, threaten him, or transport him against his will
• officer had reasonable suspicion to stop and search when he witnessed exchange of cash for small objects in area with reputation for drug sales
• “While the sole purpose of the exclusionary rule under the Fourth Amendment is to deter police misconduct, Article I, section 8, [of the Pennsylvania Constitution] is meant to embody a strong, abiding, and distinctive notion of privacy.”
• defendant’s admission -6- J-A23028-14 during investigative detention that he “[had] two bags of dope in [his] pocket” gave rise to probable cause to arrest the defendant and conduct a search of defendant's pockets incident to lawful arrest

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

18 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Unger
  Oregon Supreme Court· 2014-08-28· cited 113×
• Commonwealth v. Luczki
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-07· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Collins
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2008-06-04· cited 96×
• Commonwealth v. Phinn
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-10-16· cited 80×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-07-09· cited 29×
• Commonwealth v. Lyles
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2012-09-10· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Mulholland
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-07· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Reed
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-06-03· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Liddie
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-05-16· cited 19×
• Commonwealth v. Seilhamer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-11-23· cited 14×
• In the Interest of R.P.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-02-07· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Witherspoon
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-07-03· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Firman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-12-31· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Revere
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-11-20· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Worthy
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-06-29· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. James
  Berks County Court of Common Pleas· 2014-07-09
• In Re: $300,000 in U.S. Currency -- Appeal of: Z. Xu
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-07-16
• Com. v. James, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-02-26

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• United States v. Cortez
  Supreme Court· 1981-01-21· cited 5,975×
• Michigan v. Long
  Supreme Court· 1983-07-06· cited 3,763×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• Commonwealth v. Edmunds
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1991-02-04· cited 776×
• Commonwealth v. Cook
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-07-23· cited 242×
• Commonwealth v. Matos
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-02-26· cited 208×
• Commonwealth v. Gwynn
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-01-13· cited 97×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-01-28· cited 91×
• Commonwealth v. Stevenson
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-01-20· cited 73×
• Commonwealth v. Quiles
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-04· cited 68×
• Commonwealth v. Epps
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-18· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Gommer
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-10-05· cited 37×
• Commonwealth v. Campbell
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-21· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. Long
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1996-12-20· cited 13×
• Commonwealth v. Schatzel
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-12-04· cited 9×