Commonwealth v. Townsend

How courts have described this case

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

• “[T]he ‘finally discharged’ provision of [KRS 640.030(2) ] subsection (b) inures to the benefit of a defendant and, like any other constitutional or statutory right, can be the subject of a valid waiver.”
• waiver of KRS 640.030(2)(b) right to be finally discharged
• waiver of KRS 640.030(2)(b) right to be finally discharged

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Daugherty v. TELEK
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-05-24· cited 42×
• Lawson v. Office of the Attorney General
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 27×
• Stallworth v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-04-24· cited 8×
• Kozak v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-11-26· cited 8×
• Humphrey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-05-21· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Simmons
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-03-21· cited 6×
• Propes v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2008-06-06· cited 2×
• William Sloss v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2024-10-24
• Jt Higgins v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-07-18

Cites

5 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Patton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1930-04-14· cited 1,162×
• Commonwealth v. Griffin
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-03-27· cited 32×
• Short v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1975-02-07· cited 30×
• Myers v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 22×
• Malone v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-10-26· cited 19×