Powell v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that an officer’s knowledge that an area is known for its high crime rate is a factor that may be considered in assessing probable cause
• explaining that “finely tuned standards such as proof beyond a reasonable doubt or by a preponderance of the evidence, useful in formal trials, have no place in the probable-cause decision” (alteration and internal quotation marks omitted)
• explaining that “[f]inely tuned standards such as proof beyond a reasonable doubt or by a preponderance of the evidence, useful in formal trials, have no place in the probable-cause decision” (alteration in original) (quoting Maryland v. Pringle, 540 U.S. 366, 371 (2003))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tizon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-04-03· cited 106×
• Alan Neff v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2014-05-20· cited 12×
• Leon Elliott, Jr. v. Commonwealth of Virginia
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2012-10-23· cited 8×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-08-27· cited 5×
• Taylor v. State
  Court of Special Appeals of Maryland· 2015-07-30
• Commonwealth v. Winstead
  Norfolk County Circuit Court· 2015-09-21

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Illinois v. Gates
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-08· cited 16,716×
• Baker v. McCollan
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-26· cited 5,659×
• United States v. Arvizu
  Supreme Court· 2002-01-15· cited 3,936×
• Arizona v. Gant
  Supreme Court· 2009-04-21· cited 2,725×
• Maryland v. Pringle
  Supreme Court· 2003-12-15· cited 1,610×
• Herring v. United States
  Supreme Court· 2009-01-14· cited 1,549×
• Atwater v. City of Lago Vista
  Supreme Court· 2001-04-24· cited 1,388×
• Virginia v. Moore
  Supreme Court· 2008-04-23· cited 793×
• People v. McRay
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-12-18· cited 439×
• Derr v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1991-11-08· cited 214×
• Slayton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-06-24· cited 143×
• Glenn v. Com.
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2008-01-11· cited 140×
• United States v. Vinton
  D.C. Circuit· 2010-02-05· cited 120×
• People v. Jones
  New York Court of Appeals· 1997-06-12· cited 111×
• Armstead v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-07-27· cited 92×
• Joyce v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-08-10· cited 60×
• Glenn v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2007-03-20· cited 53×
• Testa v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2009-12-01· cited 30×
• People v. McCarty
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2010-05-10· cited 29×
• People v. Chamberlain
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2010-05-10· cited 22×