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← 165 A3D 888 - Commonwealth v. Fulton, I.

Commonwealth v. Fulton, I.’s Empirical Analysis

2017

Citation profile

1
cited by 1 later decisions
1
states following
February 2018
most recently cited

1 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “a. The Superior Court's opinion is contrary to Riley/Wurie [,] which held that the warrantless search of a flip top cell phone is prohibited without any expectation for minimal intrusion. b. The Superior Court's opinion is contrary to this Court's opinion[s] in Story and [ Commonwealth v. LaRosa , 533 Pa. 479 , 626 A.2d 103 (1993),] which held that a constitutional error cannot be harmless unless there is independent evidence that is untainted, uncontradicted and overwhelming.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

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