Giles v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a report from a citizen obtained by a police officer in person is different from an anonymous tip because the officer is able to \assess their credibility and the reliability of their information\ particularly when they explain the source of their information
• considering the “imminence of serious and perhaps lethal danger” as a factor in Terry stop analysis
• considering the \imminence of serious and perhaps lethal danger\ as a factor in Terry stop analysis
• considering the “imminence of serious and perhaps lethal danger” as a factor in Terry stop analysis
• considering the \imminence of serious and perhaps lethal danger\ as a factor in Terry stop analysis
• reports from two unnamed persons who approached police officer “were not an anonymous tip,” noting that officers can assess credibility of informants who meet with them in person

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Barros
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 2001-09-28· cited 94×
• Mattaponi Indian Tribe v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-08-31· cited 52×
• Wayne Antonio Bland, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2016-06-07· cited 31×
• Ramey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2001-06-19· cited 27×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-04· cited 7×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-07-29· cited 6×
• Alliance to Save the Mattaponi v. CW, Dept. of Environmental Quality
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2004-08-31
• Shaka Markel Long v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2021-01-26
• Commonwealth v. Trino
  Arlington County Circuit Court· 2006-02-22

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Terry v. Ohio
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-10· cited 37,942×
• Ornelas v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1996-06-10· cited 7,197×
• Adams v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1972-06-12· cited 5,118×
• Alabama v. White
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-11· cited 3,282×
• Florida v. JL
  Supreme Court· 2000-03-28· cited 1,350×
• Fore v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1980-04-18· cited 284×
• Jacques v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-06-04· cited 145×
• Leeth v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1982-03-12· cited 62×
• James v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-07-30· cited 61×
• Commonwealth v. Rafferty
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-03-01· cited 53×
• Beckner v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-01-05· cited 51×
• Bulatko v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1993-03-23· cited 35×