Covington v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a “small wound not past the epidermis, with no blood loss” constituted physical injury
• imposing an “intentionally or wantonly” mens rea requirement as to KRS 508.025(1)(b) as “the culpable mental state required for assault in the third degree” (emphases added)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Love v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-02-22· cited 69×
• Commonwealth v. Fint
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-02-27· cited 12×
• Randolph v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2018-12-07· cited 6×
• Barker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2000-09-29· cited 2×
• United States v. Campbell
  E.D. Kentucky· 2016-12-20· cited 1×
• Joseph W Daugherty v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2026-05-08

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Solem v. Helm
  Supreme Court· 1983-06-28· cited 4,242×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• Workman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1968-06-14· cited 114×
• Morton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-08-29· cited 40×
• Kelly v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1954-04-20· cited 36×
• Cutrer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1985-08-02· cited 11×
• Meredith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1982-01-15· cited 10×
• Collett v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1984-12-28· cited 9×
• Malone v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1982-07-06· cited 5×