Commonwealth v. Fulton, I.’s Empirical Analysis
2017
Citation profile
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cited by 1 later decisions
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states following
February 2018
most recently cited
1 state decisions
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“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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