Burchett v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• upon return of incomplete or inaccurate verdict, trial court may provide supplemental instruction and require that the jury retire to consider further its verdict
• “Once a jury is discharged, it cannot reassemble if the jurors have separated and have left the presence of the courtroom.” (citing Denham v. Commonwealth, 84 S.W. 538 (Ky. Ct. App. 1905))
• “Although a trial court has the authority before accepting a verdict and before discharging a jury to send it back to correct a mistake in its verdict, it is axiomatic that an ambiguous or incorrect verdict must be corrected prior to the time the jury is discharged.”

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Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Colon
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2004-12-28· cited 228×
• Beaty v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 97×
• Davidson v. State
  Nevada Supreme Court· 2008-10-02· cited 19×
• People v. Tweedy
  Colorado Court of Appeals· 2005-10-20· cited 11×
• Harrison v. Gillespie
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-02-22· cited 9×
• Harrison v. Gillespie
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-01-05· cited 4×
• James Harrison v. Gillespie
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-01-05
• James Harrison v. Eighth Judicial District Court
  Ninth Circuit· 2010-02-22

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Green v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1957-12-16· cited 3,075×
• Price v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-15· cited 784×
• Denham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1905-01-20· cited 31×
• White v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1980-11-14· cited 11×
• Bogie v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1971-05-21· cited 10×
• Barnum v. State
  Supreme Court of Arkansas· 1980-03-03· cited 7×
• Meader v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1962-05-18· cited 5×