Commonwealth v. Fontanez’s Empirical Analysis
1999
Citation profile
34
cited by 34 later decisions
2
states following
April 2018
most recently cited
34 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Texas v. Brown · 444 Pa. Super. 163 - Petition of Koenig · 446 Pa. Super. 541 - Commonwealth v. Younge
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 34 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“a person stopped for a traffic violation has no obligation to respond to questions asked by an officer apart from statutory obligations to produce a driver's license, registration, and proof of insurance”
3 later decisions quote this exact passage“(A) A person aggrieved by a search and seizure, whether or not executed pursuant to a warrant, may move for the return of the property on the ground that he or she is entitled to lawful possession thereof. Such motion shall be filed in the court of common pleas for the judicial district in which the property was seized. (B) The judge hearing such motion shall receive evidence on any issue of fact necessary to the decision thereon. If the motion is granted, the property shall be restored unless the court determines that such property is contraband, in which case the court may order the property forfeited.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Singleton v. Johnson“The fact that Appellant was subsequently arrested in an unrelated incident for allegedly transporting drugs similarly carries little, if any, weight. Those charges were dismissed at the preliminary hearing. (R. 61a). Unproven allegations that a person transported drugs at a later date shed no light on whether money possessed by that same person, at a time when he undisputedly did not have any narcotics, may be considered contraband.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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