Alford v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding doctor’s hearsay identification of abuser was palpable error though victim also testified to the same at trial
• applying Colvard in a direct appeal although the trial took place several years before Colvard was decided
• no hearsay exceptions for statements made to a police officer
• repeating this same pronouncement almost verbatim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Hoff v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-12-22· cited 34×
• Chavies v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-08-23· cited 33×
• Edmonds v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-06-19· cited 16×
• Whaley v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2019-02-14· cited 15×
• Nickolas Oscar Geno v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-07-18

Cites

24 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Russell v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1962-05-21· cited 1,715×
• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-23· cited 437×
• United States v. Larry W. Masters
  Fourth Circuit· 1980-05-22· cited 343×
• Michael E. Valentine v. Khelleh Konteh, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2005-01-24· cited 185×
• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-03-24· cited 177×
• Harp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-27· cited 154×
• Billings v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-12-17· cited 83×
• Garrett v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-06-19· cited 75×
• Noel v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-06-13· cited 73×
• Hollon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-04-21· cited 57×
• Niemeyer v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1976-02-06· cited 56×
• Ware v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1976-05-07· cited 53×
• Sharp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-03-18· cited 41×
• Allen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 37×
• Schrimsher v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-04-20· cited 33×
• Colvard v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-04-09· cited 33×
• Commonwealth v. Wine
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 30×
• Bussey v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-10-18· cited 30×
• Norton v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1994-07-15· cited 29×