348 Pa. Super. 418 - Commonwealth v. Fischer’s Empirical Analysis
1985
Citation profile
8
cited by 8 later decisions
1
states following
February 1991
most recently cited
8 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Goodwin · Commonwealth v. Hamlin · Commonwealth v. Johnson · Commonwealth v. Hall · Commonwealth v. Stokes
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 8 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The crucial test in determining the presence of probable cause is whether ‘the facts and circumstances known to the police or about which they have reasonably trustworthy information at the time of the arrest ... would warrant a person of reasonable caution in believing the suspect has committed or is committing a crime.’”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.