Commonwealth v. Young

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the officers were permitted to search the appellant “incident to the arrest or immediately prior to placing under arrest” because they had probable cause to arrest him for possession of a controlled substance
• holding three officers’ approaching and questioning the defendant on a public street was a mere encounter
• concluding the defendant’s admission to officers that he had marijuana gave police probable cause to arrest him for possession of a controlled substance
• stating that “both the United States and Pennsylvania Supreme Courts have held that the approach of a police officer followed by questioning does not constitute a seizure.” (citation, brackets and quotation marks omitted)
• approaching defendant and asking questions does not automatically constitute an investigatory detention
• approaching defendant and asking questions does not automatically constitute an investigatory detention

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Luczki
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2019-06-07· cited 110×
• Commonwealth v. Carper
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-13· cited 21×
• Com. v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2021-11-29· cited 9×
• Commonwealth v. Updike
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2017-10-13· cited 6×
• Com. v. Joyner, T.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2025-11-12· cited 1×
• Com. v. Cunningham, D.
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2022-12-13

Cites

10 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2005-04-25· cited 502×
• In the Interest of D.M.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2001-10-18· cited 270×
• Commonwealth v. Nester
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1998-03-25· cited 199×
• Commonwealth v. Coleman
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2011-04-20· cited 154×
• Commonwealth v. Lyles
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2014-07-21· cited 152×
• Commonwealth v. Beasley
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2000-10-23· cited 119×
• Commonwealth v. Trenge
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1982-10-01· cited 82×
• Commonwealth v. Stokes
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1978-07-14· cited 64×
• Commonwealth v. Fuller
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2007-12-31· cited 42×
• Commonwealth v. Kondash
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 2002-09-30· cited 38×