Commonwealth v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that issue of conflict of law is a pure question of law
• concluding that officer had reasonable suspicion to support a traffic stop after observing appellant driving with the trunk of his car “bouncing up and down,” based on Department of Transportation regulations and Section 4107(b)(2) of the Motor Vehicle Code
• stating that an appellate court “may affirm [a trial court’s decision] on any legal basis supported by the certified record” (citation omitted)
• affirming denial of suppression based upon police officer’s reasonable suspicion of a violation of 75 Pa.C.S.A. § 4107(b)(2)
• considering inspection procedures under the Department of Transportation’s regulations to determine that police officer had reasonable suspicion that a violation of the Motor Vehicle Code was occurring
• repeating the general rule that, “although the local courts have broad authority to promulgate local rules of procedure, local rules shall not be inconsistent with any general rule of the Supreme Court or any Act of Assembly.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Grays
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-25· cited 170×
• Commonwealth v. Smith
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-07-20· cited 95×
• Dixon, J. v. Northwestern Mutual
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-08-25· cited 58×
• Commonwealth v. Sauers
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-03-29· cited 48×
• Com. v. Ani, N.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2023-04-17· cited 31×
• Horwath, S. v. DiGrazio, J.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-06-24· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Libengood
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-12-16· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Lancit
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2016-05-18· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Parsons
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-07-14· cited 14×
• Commonwealth v. Torres
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-12-08· cited 7×
• Commonwealth v. Richards
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-11-20· cited 5×
• In Re: Order Amending Rules 1005, 1006, and 1007 of the PA Rules of Criminal Procedure
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-11-09
• Com. v. Golding, K.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2018-02-20
• In Re: $300,000 in U.S. Currency -- Appeal of: Z. Xu
  Commonwealth Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-07-16

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• United States v. Sokolow
  Supreme Court· 1989-04-03· cited 4,647×
• Prado Navarette v. California
  Supreme Court· 2014-04-22· cited 1,110×
• Commonwealth v. Hill
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-03-11· cited 418×
• Commonwealth v. Gary
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-29· cited 255×
• Commonwealth v. Coleman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-20· cited 154×
• Commonwealth v. Turner
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-08-19· cited 152×
• Commonwealth v. Clemens
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2013-04-15· cited 132×
• Commonwealth v. Carter
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-12-02· cited 98×
• Commonwealth v. Landis
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-04-08· cited 90×
• Commonwealth v. Menezes
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-03-08· cited 63×
• COM. OF PENNSYLVANIA v. Baker
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1997-02-12· cited 44×
• Commonwealth v. Wilson
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-02-18· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Rosario
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-10-06· cited 30×
• Commonwealth v. Beaufort
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2015-03-24· cited 24×
• Commonwealth v. Reyes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1992-06-17· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Keller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1984-05-25· cited 3×