Johantgen 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 warrant that allowed search of “any other person believed to be involved in the illegal use of, possession of, or trafficking in controlled substances” at a residence is an unconstitutional general warrant
• stressing that \narcotics investigations are fraught with danger and the officers had a right and duty to check appellant for weapons\
• mere arrival during search does not justify search for drugs, though frisk for weapons is allowed
• \Narcotics investigations are fraught with dangers and the officers had a right and duty to check [a person arriving on the premises] for weapons to protect themselves and others * * *.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).