Commonwealth v. Griffin

How courts have described this case

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

• holding defendant could waive statutory five-year limit on duration of probationary supervision because it involved particular case jurisdiction, rather than subject matter jurisdiction
• finding defendant estopped from challenging circuit court’s exercise of jurisdiction outside of statutory probationary limits based on guilty plea agreement
• stating subject matter jurisdiction refers to a class of cases as opposed to particular case jurisdiction which refers to a court's authority over a specific case
• “[A] lack of jurisdiction of the particular case, as dependent upon the existence of particular facts, may be waived.”
• “[A] lack of jurisdiction of the particular case, as dependent upon the existence of particular facts, may be waived.”
• waiver of KRS 533.020(4) limitation on a period of probation

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

20 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ex Parte Williams
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2001-04-11· cited 155×
• Hisle v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2008-02-01· cited 54×
• Hyatt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 51×
• Commonwealth v. Steadman
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-10-24· cited 50×
• American General Life & Accident Insurance Co. v. Hall
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-03-21· cited 32×
• Commonwealth v. Wright
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 26×
• Myers v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 22×
• Shafizadeh v. Shafizadeh
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-12-14· cited 22×
• Kelly v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Townsend
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-10-17· cited 13×
• Masters v. Masters
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 13×
• Basin Energy Co. v. Howard
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2014-08-08· cited 13×
• Stallworth v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-04-24· cited 8×
• Commonwealth v. Dulin
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-04-17· cited 8×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 7×
• State of West Virginia v. Donald P. Cookman
  West Virginia Supreme Court· 2018-04-27· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Adams
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2018-11-30· cited 3×
• Jt Higgins v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-07-18
• Marvin Mays v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2026-05-15
• Airbnb, Inc. v. Hon. Thomas D. Wingate
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2026-06-25

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Duncan v. O'NAN
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1970-03-27· cited 92×
• Collins v. Duff
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-10-14· cited 30×
• United States v. Edward Joseph Rodriguez
  Ninth Circuit· 1982-07-29· cited 27×
• Haymon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-09-21· cited 19×
• Kupfer v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1980-05-22· cited 17×
• Hoage v. State
  Indiana Court of Appeals· 1985-07-11· cited 17×
• State v. Grimsley
  Court of Appeals of Kansas· 1991-04-05· cited 16×
• State v. Duncan
  Court of Appeals of Oregon· 1973-10-22· cited 16×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1966-03-04· cited 14×
• Curtsinger v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-04-22· cited 11×
• Carter v. State
  District Court of Appeal of Florida· 1987-12-09· cited 8×