330 Pa. Super. 165 - Commonwealth v. Monarch’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
10
cited by 10 later decisions
1
states following
January 1992
most recently cited
10 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Wong Sun v. United States · Schmerber v. State of California · Commonwealth v. Hamlin · Commonwealth v. DeMichel · Commonwealth v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
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“[T]he post-trial motion court was erroneous in its belief that the Commonwealth had the burden of proving, again, at trial that the police were acting under the mantle of constitutional authority. On the contrary, it was for the defense to prove ‘by a preponderance of new evidence at trial’ the negative of such a proposition.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“If the court determines that the evidence shall not be suppressed, such determinations shall be final, conclusive and binding at trial, except upon a showing of evidence which was theretofore unavailable ...”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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