State v. Tomah

How courts have described this case

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

• stating that \[p]robable cause is present if all the facts and circumstances would lead a reasonably prudent person to believe that contraband or evidence of a crime are located in the place to be searched\
• Citing, State v. Tarantino, 587 A.2d 1095 (Me. 1991); United States v. Panitz, 907 F.2d 1267, 1271 (15! Cir. 1990)
• Citing, State v. Tarantino, 587 A.2d 1095 (Me. 1991); United States v. Panitz, 907 F.2d 1267, 1271 (I'' Cir. 1990)
• “Today, the inherent mobility of a motor vehicle coupled with the reduced expectation of privacy associated with it justifies the warrantless search of that vehicle so long as the search is supported by probable cause.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

10 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Rosenfelt
  Superior Court of Pennsylvania· 1995-07-11· cited 32×
• State v. Izzo
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-04-26· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Campbell
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 2017-12-14· cited 20×
• State v. Michael M.
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2001-06-20· cited 18×
• State v. Lux
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1999-09-16· cited 8×
• United States v. Steinman
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-03-05· cited 8×
• State v. Ilsley
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1992-02-19· cited 7×
• State v. Marshall
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1993-08-02· cited 6×
• United States v. Steinman
  Ninth Circuit· 2025-11-13
• State of Maine v. Joshua Martin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2026-03-10

Cites

15 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Katz v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1967-12-18· cited 13,304×
• Coolidge v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-21· cited 9,038×
• Carroll v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1925-11-26· cited 7,454×
• United States v. Ross
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-01· cited 3,985×
• Nix v. Williams
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-11· cited 3,080×
• California v. Carney
  Supreme Court· 1985-05-13· cited 1,276×
• Michigan v. Thomas
  Supreme Court· 1982-06-28· cited 390×
• State v. True
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1981-12-17· cited 231×
• United States v. Solomon Philip Panitz, United States of America v. Andrew Stewart Baumwald
  First Circuit· 1990-07-13· cited 137×
• United States v. Frederick Silvestri, Elder
  First Circuit· 1986-04-01· cited 124×
• United States v. John Frank Galante and Theodore N. Cameriero
  Second Circuit· 1976-12-14· cited 43×
• State v. Reilly
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1982-06-28· cited 40×
• State v. Hinds
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1984-12-11· cited 36×
• State v. Tarantino
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1991-02-25· cited 21×
• State v. Spearin
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 1983-07-29· cited 14×