243 Pa. Super. 80 - Commonwealth v. Houser’s Empirical Analysis
1976
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
December 1984
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Terry v. Ohio · Adams v. Williams · Sibron v. State of New York Peters
Most-quoted passages
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“[w]e can see no purpose in patting down a suspect when the officer has already discovered an apparent weapon on the individual's person.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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