Harper 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 claims of ineffective assistance of appellate counsel not cognizable in Kentucky state courts
• trial counsel’s decision not to present an independent mental health expert was not unreasonable and was consistent with trial strategy
• “RCr 11.42 cannot be used as a vehicle for relief from ineffective assistance of appellate counsel.” (citation omitted)
• In Kentucky, “[w]hen the same jury sits in both parts of a bifurcated proceeding in a capital murder trial, all evidence introduced in the guilt phase may be considered by the jury during the sentencing phase.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. McGorman
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2016-03-17· cited 86×
• Bowling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-03-21· cited 65×
• Prescott v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2019-04-05· cited 53×
• Hodge v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-09-05· cited 44×
• Parrish v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-09-18· cited 37×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-11-14· cited 25×
• Commonwealth v. Davis
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-01-20· cited 22×
• Randy Haight v. Scott Jordan
  Sixth Circuit· 2023-02-09· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Tamme
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-05-24· cited 18×
• Jasper Pollini v. Amy Robey
  Sixth Circuit· 2020-11-25· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. York
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-02-26· cited 7×
• Matthews v. Simpson
  W.D. Kentucky· 2009-03-17· cited 5×
• Russell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1999-03-12· cited 5×
• Halvorsen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-08-23· cited 4×
• Fuston v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2007-03-02· cited 2×

Cites

20 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Coleman v. Thompson
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 12,560×
• Ake v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1985-02-26· cited 3,332×
• Evitts v. Lucey
  Supreme Court· 1985-03-18· cited 3,068×
• Murray v. Giarratano
  Supreme Court· 1989-06-23· cited 547×
• Stanford v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-07-01· cited 84×
• Harper v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-02· cited 80×
• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-11-17· cited 77×
• Jermyn v. Pennsylvania
  Supreme Court· 1994-01-10· cited 45×
• Skaggs v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-11-08· cited 43×
• Todd v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1986-09-04· cited 34×
• Hunter v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-01-31· cited 31×
• Commonwealth v. Wine
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 30×
• Maye v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1965-02-05· cited 27×
• Henderson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1982-07-06· cited 23×
• Hicks v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-03-12· cited 23×
• Binion v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-01-19· cited 19×
• Brewster v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1986-10-03· cited 13×
• Hopewell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1985-04-25· cited 9×
• Vunetich v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-09-27· cited 3×