Commonwealth v. Jones’s Empirical Analysis
1975
Citation profile
23
cited by 23 later decisions
1
states following
December 1985
most recently cited
23 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Carroll v. United States · Brinegar v. United States · Chimel v. California · Chambers v. Maroney · Draper v. United States
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 23 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““It is well established that a police officer is authorized to arrest without a warrant when he has probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and that the person to be arrested is the felon. Draper v. United States, 358 U.S. 307 , 79 S.Ct. 329 , 3 L.Ed.2d 327 (1959); Commonwealth v. Jackson, 450 Pa. 113 , 299 A.2d 213 (1973); Commonwealth v. Vassiljev, 218 Pa.Super. 215 , 275 A.2d 852 (1971). Probable cause to justify a warrant-less arrest exists if the facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time of the arrest would warrant a prudent man in believing that an offense had been committed, and the suspect was the perpetrator of that offense. Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 , 93 L.Ed. 1879 (1949); Commonwealth v. DeFlem-inque, 450 Pa. 163 , 299 A.2d 246 (1973); Commonwealth v. Brown, 230 Pa.Super. 214 , 326 A.2d 906 (1974).” Commonwealth v. Jones, 233 Pa.Super. 461, 464 , 335 A.2d 789, 790-91 (1975).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“"It is well established that a police officer is authorized to arrest without a warrant when he has probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed and that the person to be arrested is the felon. Draper v. United States, 358 U.S. 307 , 79 S.Ct. 329 , 3 L.Ed.2d 327 (1959); Commonwealth v. Jackson, 450 Pa. 113 , 299 A.2d 213 (1973); Commonwealth v. Vassiljev, 218 Pa.Super. 215 , 275 A.2d 852 (1971). Probable cause to justify a warrantless arrest exists if the facts and circumstances known to the officer at the time of the arrest would warrant a prudent man in believing that an offense had been committed, and the suspect was the perpetrator of that offense. Brinegar v. United States, 338 U.S. 160 , 69 S.Ct. 1302 , 93 L.Ed. 1879 (1949); Commonwealth v. DeFleminque, 450 Pa. 163 , 299 A.2d 246 (1973); Commonwealth v. Brown, 230 Pa.Super. 214 , 326 A.2d 906 (1974)." Commonwealth v. Jones, 233 Pa.Super. 461, 464 , 335 A.2d 789, 790-91 (1975).”
1 later decision quote this exact passage““To justify a warrantless search of an automobile, the officer must have: ‘. . . independent probable cause to believe that a felony has been committed by the occupants of the vehicle, or that it has been used in the furtherance of the commission of a felony, or the officer must have a basis for believing that evidence of a crime is concealed within the vehicle, or that there are weapons therein which are accessible to the occupants.’ Commonwealth v. Lewis, 442 Pa. 98, 101 , 275 A.2d 51, 52 (1971).” Commonwealth v. Jones, supra, 233 Pa.Super. at 465 , 335 A.2d at 791 .”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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