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routine traffic violation in Pennsylvania

7 Pennsylvania opinions name it 2 courts 2007–2024 1 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Pennsylvania courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (4)

CaseFollowedCited
Commonwealth v. Burtongreen
pasuperct · 2009 · cited in 4 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2012–2024
2 sentences

2024Id. (citations omitted). -4- J-S08040-24 In Burton, the driver was stopped for a routine traffic violation.

2018In Burton, supra, a panel of this Court concluded that a defendant, who was stopped for a routine traffic violation, “failed to demonstrate that he had a reasonably cognizable expectation of privacy in a vehicle that he did not own, that was not registered to him, and for which he ha[d] not shown authority to operate.” Id. at 436 .6 Subsequently, in Commonwealth v. Caban, 60 A.3d 120 (Pa. Super. 2012), appeal denied, 79 A.3d 1097 (Pa. 2013), another panel of this Court stated there was no “distinction between automobile drivers and passengers . . . in determining whether a reasonable _________

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Brendlin v. Californiagreen
scotus · 2007 · cited in 2 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2007–2010
2 sentences

2010In his concurring opinion in Pratt , Judge Johnson, notes the United States Supreme Court decision in Brandiin v. California, 551 U.S. 249 (2007), on the point that the Supreme Court of Washington does not consider a passenger to be seized when he/she is stopped as a result of a routine traffic violation.

2007See also Brendlin v. California, ___ U.S. ___, 127 S.Ct. 2400 , 2408 n. 5, 168 L.Ed.2d 132 (2007) (citing Mendez and acknowledging that the Supreme Court of Washington does not consider a passenger to be seized when he/she is stopped as a result of a routine traffic violation).

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Commonwealth v. Westgreen
pa · 2007 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018See id. at 1037 .

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Commonwealth v. Powellgreen
pasuperct · 2010 · cited in 1 Pennsylvania opinions naming this issue, 2018–2018
1 sentence

2018See Commonwealth v. Powell, 994 A.2d 1096, 1107 (Pa. Super. 2010) (“In the present case, Powell submitted no evidence at the suppression hearing to demonstrate that he had any privacy interest in the trunk of the vehicle in which he was a passenger. ...

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Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Pennsylvania. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (3)

CaseCitedYears
Commonwealth v. Maldonado green
pasuperct · 2011
1 sentence

2018In Burton, supra, a panel of this Court concluded that a defendant, who was stopped for a routine traffic violation, “failed to demonstrate that he had a reasonably cognizable expectation of privacy in a vehicle that he did not own, that was not registered to him, and for which he ha[d] not shown authority to operate.” Id. at 436 .6 Subsequently, in Commonwealth v. Caban, 60 A.3d 120 (Pa. Super. 2012), appeal denied, 79 A.3d 1097 (Pa. 2013), another panel of this Court stated there was no “distinction between automobile drivers and passengers . . . in determining whether a reasonable _________

12018–2018
Commonwealth v. Caban green
pasuperct · 2012
1 sentence

2018In Burton, supra, a panel of this Court concluded that a defendant, who was stopped for a routine traffic violation, “failed to demonstrate that he had a reasonably cognizable expectation of privacy in a vehicle that he did not own, that was not registered to him, and for which he ha[d] not shown authority to operate.” Id. at 436 .6 Subsequently, in Commonwealth v. Caban, 60 A.3d 120 (Pa. Super. 2012), appeal denied, 79 A.3d 1097 (Pa. 2013), another panel of this Court stated there was no “distinction between automobile drivers and passengers . . . in determining whether a reasonable _________

12018–2018
Commonwealth v. Pratt green
pasuperct · 2007
1 sentence

2010Com. v. Pratt, 930 A.2d at 573 . .

12010–2010

Where else courts name it

IL 35 (1976–2023) MA 20 (1989–2021) LA 19 (1991–2018) PA 7 (2007–2024) CA 5 (1970–2000) WY 4 (2007–2022) MI 3 (1991–2021) NJ 3 (1992–2002) WI 3 (2002–2008) VT 3 (2003–2020) GA 2 (2012–2012) SD 2 (2002–2005) CO 2 (1984–2019) OR 2 (2013–2013) MO 2 (1999–2008) OH 2 (2002–2013)

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