Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 3/15/1995
Commonwealth v. Wells
Citations
- 657 A.2d 507
- 441 Pa. Super. 272
- 1995 Pa. Super. LEXIS 587
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- holding that where officer saw white powdery substance in baggie, plain view doctrine permitted seizure
- holding that where officer saw white powdery substance in baggie, plain view doctrine permitted seizure
- investigatory stop proper where match between suspect car and Wells’ car, as well as his proximity to the time and location of the abduction, gave police reasonable grounds to suspect criminal activity
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Judges: Wieand, Olszewski, Hoffman
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9 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. SandsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-11-02· cited 73×
- Commonwealth v. PetrollSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-06-18· cited 45×
- Commonwealth v. McCreeSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-08-12· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. SantiagoSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-08-04· cited 33×
- Commonwealth v. DouglassSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-11-06· cited 19×
- Commonwealth v. MurphySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-03-22· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. BrandtSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-27· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. PostellSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-04-07· cited 17×
- Commonwealth v. OlavageSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2006-03-02· cited 12×
Cites
24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Terry v. OhioSupreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
- Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
- Horton v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1990-06-04· cited 2,923×
- United States v. BatchelderSupreme Court· 1979-06-04· cited 1,568×
- United States v. Pablo BerriosSecond Circuit· 1974-08-08· cited 429×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 387×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-08-21· cited 213×
- Commonwealth v. GriscavageSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-11-17· cited 176×
- Commonwealth v. LopezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-05-14· cited 124×
- Commonwealth v. UrrutiaSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-01-27· cited 121×
- Commonwealth v. SmithSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-12-22· cited 106×
- Commonwealth v. McCullumSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-01-21· cited 96×
- Commonwealth v. McKielSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-08-13· cited 64×
- United States v. John R. TorquatoThird Circuit· 1979-07-05· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-01-04· cited 60×
- Commonwealth v. DavisSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-11-23· cited 57×
- Ibn-Sadiika v. RiesterSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1988-12-20· cited 43×
- Commonwealth v. BrownSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-10-18· cited 34×
- Commonwealth v. PirelaSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1990-09-26· cited 31×
- Commonwealth v. GrimesSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-08-22· cited 29×
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