Cochran v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that because it is common to use a deceased’s home following déath, it “should not be discounted by ' miscreants ' who would seek to take advantage of the misfortune of others”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-03-13· cited 52×
• Castle v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-10-24· cited 12×
• Joshua Howell v. State of Indiana
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 2016-04-28· cited 4×
• People v. Vang
  California Court of Appeal· 2016-07-11· cited 4×
• Landon Stinson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2025-09-18

Cites

12 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bray v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 69×
• Sholler v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 41×
• Robinson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-04-25· cited 39×
• Colwell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-12-21· cited 34×
• Litton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1980-04-01· cited 17×
• State v. Edwards
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 1999-03-02· cited 15×
• Haynes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-10-12· cited 13×
• People v. Ramos
  California Court of Appeal· 1997-01-27· cited 10×
• People v. Barney
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2002-05-03· cited 10×
• Grenke v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-10-18· cited 5×
• People v. Hider
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 1984-06-05· cited 4×
• McKinnon v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1995-02-17· cited 1×