Whitfield 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 where a defendant was seen near an abandoned building late at night in a high crime area and fled when approached by the police, “[t]he characteristics of the area and the defendant’s conduct, including his unprovoked flight, justified the stop[]”
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual \may be involved in criminal activity\ (citation omitted)
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual “may be involved in criminal activity” (citation omitted)
• explaining that while the Commonwealth has the burden of proving the legitimacy of a warrantless search and seizure in the trial court, on appeal the defendant must show that the trial court’s denial of his suppression motion constituted reversible error
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual “may be involved in criminal activity” (citation omitted)
• summarizing standard as a reasonable suspicion the individual “may be involved in criminal activity” (citation omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).