Ross 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 a glassine envelope is a “‘telltale sign of heroin’” and that passing one in a “furtive or evasive” manner provides probable cause to arrest (quoting People v. Alexander, 333 N.E.2d 157, 158 (N.Y. 1975))
• “A search made by a law enforcement officer pursuant to a lawful custodial arrest, which, of course, must be based on probable cause, is a well recognized exception to the warrant requirement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Slayton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-06-24· cited 143×
• Barkley v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2003-02-11· cited 81×
• Powell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2010-11-30· cited 17×
• Byrd v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2011-02-01· cited 12×
• Commonwealth v. Johnson
  Augusta County Circuit Court· 2012-06-15

Cites

20 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×
• United States v. Robinson
  Supreme Court· 1973-12-11· cited 3,538×
• Michigan v. DeFillippo
  Supreme Court· 1979-06-25· cited 1,685×
• McGee v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1997-07-08· cited 907×
• People v. McRay
  New York Court of Appeals· 1980-12-18· cited 439×
• Commonwealth v. Grimstead
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1991-08-05· cited 429×
• DePriest v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1987-08-04· cited 149×
• Commonwealth v. Santaliz
  Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court· 1992-07-24· cited 126×
• People v. Jones
  New York Court of Appeals· 1997-06-12· cited 111×
• Hughes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 2000-02-01· cited 85×
• Ford v. City of Newport News
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1996-09-10· cited 72×
• Buck v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1995-05-02· cited 62×
• Bryson v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1970-06-15· cited 53×
• Carter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1990-01-09· cited 29×
• Tipton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Virginia· 1994-05-17· cited 20×
• Blanding v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1984-03-13· cited 20×
• State v. Martin
  Oregon Supreme Court· 1998-04-09· cited 18×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1979-03-02· cited 16×
• In re J.D.R.
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1994-02-28· cited 13×