Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Loughnane

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided November 22, 2017No. 72 MAP 2016PublishedCited by 22 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

JUSTICE DONOHUE

We granted the petition for allowance of appeal ’ filed by Daniel F. Loughnane (“Loughnane”) to determine whether the Superior Court erred by holding that the federal automobile exception, adopted by this Court in Commonwealth v. Gary, 625 Pa. 183, 91 A.3d 102 (2014),1 permitted the seizure of Loughnane’s truck while it 'was parked in his residential driveway. Commonwealth v. Loughnane, 128 A.3d 806, 817 (Pa. Super. 2015). For the reasons that follow, we conclude that Gary does not operate to permit the warrantless seizure of a vehicle parked on a defendant’s residential…

2Cases cited56 opinions

  1. Coolidge v. New HampshireSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Chambers v. MaroneySupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. United States v. RossSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  4. South Dakota v. OppermanSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
  5. Oliver v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1984

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3Cited by22 opinions

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  4. Com. v. Barr, T.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2020
  5. Com. v. Boyd, J.Superior Court of Pennsylvania · 2023

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