Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1/22/1992
Commonwealth v. Williams
Citations
- 602 A.2d 350
- 411 Pa. Super. 586
- 1992 Pa. Super. LEXIS 144
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- emphasizing that the factors must be balanced against each other and that “the very nature of exigent circumstances makes them unsusceptible to checklists”
- “Essentially, the exigent circumstances exception involves balancing the needs of law enforcement against individual liberties and/or rights. Some factors will outweigh others in a given case.”
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Judges: Rowley, Beck, Hester
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11 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Commonwealth v. RolandSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-02-04· cited 89×
- Commonwealth v. GovensSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-10-28· cited 63×
- Commonwealth v. JohnsonSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-23· cited 56×
- Commonwealth v. StewartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1999-09-13· cited 35×
- Commonwealth v. AuSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2009-12-01· cited 16×
- Commonwealth v. WalkerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-11-14· cited 13×
- Commonwealth v. ZelasnySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1993-12-15· cited 8×
- Commonwealth v. GrundySuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 2004-09-10· cited 4×
- Commonwealth v. LopezSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-08-26· cited 3×
- Commonwealth v. GalanBerks County Court of Common Pleas· 1995-01-30
- Commonwealth v. StitzelBerks County Court of Common Pleas· 1995-11-22
Cites
37 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Welsh v. WisconsinSupreme Court· 1984-05-15· cited 1,874×
- Commonwealth v. HubbardSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1977-01-28· cited 854×
- Harold B. Dorman v. United StatesD.C. Circuit· 1970-04-15· cited 617×
- Commonwealth v. HughesSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1989-03-13· cited 237×
- Commonwealth v. GoodwinSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1975-03-18· cited 173×
- Commonwealth v. TabbSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1965-03-16· cited 150×
- Commonwealth v. McNeilSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1985-02-08· cited 135×
- Commonwealth v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-11-18· cited 107×
- Commonwealth v. WagnerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1979-10-04· cited 83×
- Commonwealth v. SharpeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1972-10-04· cited 74×
- Commonwealth v. BundySupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1974-11-20· cited 64×
- Commonwealth v. EllsworthSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1966-03-22· cited 62×
- Commonwealth v. MonarchSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1986-03-27· cited 53×
- Commonwealth v. DanielsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1980-09-23· cited 49×
- Commonwealth v. BarnhartSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-08-28· cited 47×
- Commonwealth v. GonceSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-09-30· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. ParkerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1983-12-30· cited 41×
- Commonwealth v. EliffSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-06-11· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. HazlettSupreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1968-04-16· cited 37×
- Commonwealth v. LarewSuperior Court of Pennsylvania· 1981-07-17· cited 31×
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