Clark v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• path of bullet could have been easily shown via x-ray without pictures of the mutilated skull, and video of the removal of the body from its concealed location \had no relevance ... but served only to arouse passion\
• pictures depicting victim’s decomposing face, victim’s head with scalp and skull removed and a steel rod inserted inside, and a video depicting the discovery of the body seven months after the crime showing oozing “decompositional liquid” and red fluid covering the floor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

41 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Lester v. State
  Mississippi Supreme Court· 1997-05-07· cited 278×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 259×
• Stopher v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-08-15· cited 169×
• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-01-23· cited 146×
• Ernst v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-04-21· cited 114×
• Ratliff v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-07-28· cited 108×
• St. Clair v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-02-23· cited 102×
• Funk v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-09-24· cited 99×
• Caudill v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-06-12· cited 98×
• Bowling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-03-24· cited 94×
• Meece v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-06-16· cited 87×
• Chumbler v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-08-24· cited 86×
• Woodall v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-01-15· cited 82×
• Perdue v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-03-21· cited 81×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-08-20· cited 80×
• Hunt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 79×
• United States v. Sampson
  D. Massachusetts· 2004-08-26· cited 76×
• Eldred v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-09-21· cited 75×
• Foley v. Com.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 67×
• Clark v. Hauck Manufacturing Co.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-11-22· cited 59×

Cites

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

• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Booth v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1987-09-21· cited 1,501×
• South Carolina v. Gathers
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 540×
• Sanborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 228×
• Ward v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 117×
• McQueen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 112×
• Matthews v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-09-26· cited 98×
• Drumm v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-01-18· cited 81×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 79×
• Tamme v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-09-08· cited 57×
• Halvorsen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-07-02· cited 52×
• Dean v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-09-28· cited 50×
• Lynem v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-04-11· cited 46×
• Wager v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-05-19· cited 41×
• Turpin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-11-30· cited 41×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-02-08· cited 40×
• Holland v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-12-19· cited 38×
• Morris v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-02-09· cited 36×
• Napier v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1968-02-16· cited 34×
• Rake v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1970-02-13· cited 30×