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Commonwealth v. Shallenberger, 723 A.2d 1023 (Pa. 1999). Cases Citing This Book View Copy Cite
51 citation events (48 in the last 25 years) across 4 distinct courts.
Strongest positive: Commonwealth v. Laventure (pa, 2006-03-22)
Treatment trajectory · 1999 → 2026 · click a year to view as-of
1999 2012 2026
Top citers, strongest first. 9 distinct citers. How cited ↗
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Laventure
Pa. · 2006 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Waltson, 555 Pa. 223, 229 , 724 A.2d 289, 291 (1998) (citing Commonwealth v. Grossman, 521 Pa. 290, 296 , 555 A.2d 896, 899 (1989)). [*] * Defense Counsel noted at oral argument, that according to the Social Security Administration website, in the 1960’s and 1970's almost a million individuals were born with the name Steve, underlining the generality of the John Doe warrant in this case. 3 .
discussed Cited "see" Commonwealth v. Jones (2×)
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2004 · signal: see · confidence high
See Commonwealth v. Waltson, 703 A.2d 518, 522 (Pa.Super.1997), affirmed, 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289 (1998) (where an eyewitness to a crime voluntarily provides a tip that potentially implicates herself in criminal activity, reveals her name and consents to its inclusion on an affidavit in support of probable cause to issue a search warrant, her reliability and trustworthiness may be presumed).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Com. v. Dorsey, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2026 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Pa.R.Crim.P. 504(2) (requiring every complaint to contain “a description of the defendant as nearly may be”) (emphasis added).2 As a result, “a warrant must describe with sufficient particularity the person or property to be searched, and must not be sought for the purpose of ____________________________________________ 2 Our Supreme Court has determined that while these two constitutional provisions are similar, “the text of the Pennsylvania Constitution, ‘as nearly as may be,’ requires more specificity that the federal particularity requirement.” Commonwealth v. Lavent…
cited Cited "see, e.g." Com. v. Thomas, A.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2025 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Waltson, 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289, 292 (1998).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Com. v. Diegdio, J.
Pa. Super. Ct. · 2023 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Waltson, 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289, 292 (1998).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." In Re: Return of Seized Property of Lackawanna Cty
Pa. · 2019 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g. , Commonwealth v. Waltson , 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289 , 292 (1998) (rejecting overbreadth challenge and explaining that "where probable cause exists to support the search of the area so designated, a warrant will not fail for lack of particularity") (citation omitted); Commonwealth v. Grossman , 521 Pa. 290 , 555 A.2d 896 , 900 (1989) ("[I]n any assessment of the validity of the description contained in a warrant, a court must initially determine for what items probable cause existed.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Commonwealth v. Ruey (2×)
Pa. · 2006 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Commonwealth v. Waltson, 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289, 292 (1998) (requiring merely that the place to be searched “be described precise[ly] enough to enable the executing officer to ascertain and identify, with reasonable effort, the place intended”) (internal quotation marks omitted).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." United States v. Legault
D. Mass. · 2004 · signal: see also · confidence low
See also Commonwealth v. Waltson, 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289, 292-293 (1998) (warrant directed to the basement of a dwelling authorized the search of the entire home for drugs, harmonizing the “greater privacy rights” afforded by the Pennsylvania Constitution with the Fourth Amendment and the uniform law of sister states). 4 The Search of the Basement Defendants maintain that in extending the search to the basement of the *222 building the officers exceeded the authority granted by the warrant, which according to defendants was (at best) limited to the apartment itself.
discussed Cited "see, e.g." Commonwealth v. Cleckley (2×)
Pa. · 1999 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e.g., Commonwealth v. Waltson, 555 Pa. 223 , 724 A.2d 289 (1998)(declining to find greater protection under Article I, Section 8 of our state constitution that would dictate that a warrant is overbroad if it permits a search to occur in any area of a single unit residence for which there is no probable cause); Commonwealth v. Williams, 547 Pa. 577 , 692 A.2d 1031 (1997)(Article I, Section 8 provides a parolee no greater protection than the Fourth Amendment with regard to the search of his or her bedroom).
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COMMONWEALTH of Pennsylvania, Acting By Attorney General D. Michael FISHER
v.
John B. SHALLENBERGER, Individually and t/d/b/a Shallway Foundation, Shallway Corporation, National Children's Audition and other names
No. 202 Middle District Appeal Docket 1998.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
Feb 25, 1999.
723 A.2d 1023
Published

ORDER

PER CURIAM:

AND NOW, this 25th day of February, 1999, the direct appeal is quashed as untimely-