Commonwealth v. Waltson

How courts have described this case

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

• requiring merely that the place to be searched “be described precise[ly] enough to enable the executing officer to ascertain and identify, with reasonable effort, the place intended”
• declining to conclude that Article I, Section 8’s enhanced privacy rights limit the scope of a lawful search of a single unit residence more than does the Fourth Amendment
• limiting the scope of a warranted search to include containers and receptacles of the items to be searched for and seized
• rejecting overbreadth challenge and explaining that “where probable cause exists to support the search of the area so designated, a warrant will not fail for lack of particularity”
• declining to find greater protection under Article I, Section 8, that would dictate a warrant be considered overbroad if it permits a search in any area of a single unit residence for which there is no probable cause
• declining to find greater protection under Article I, Section 8, that would dictate a warrant be considered overbroad if it permits a search in any area of a single unit residence for which there is no probable cause

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).