Hayes v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• acknowledging that “one who enters a dwelling unarmed and steals guns becomes ‘armed’ with a deadly weapon within the meaning of KRS 511.020” even without proof that the weapon was “ready for use” (first quoting Daugherty v. Commonwealth, 572 S.W.2d 861, 863 (1978
• a defendant who enters a building unarmed and steals a firearm becomes armed with a deadly weapon

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

14 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Soto v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 139×
• Montgomery v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-10-24· cited 135×
• State v. Brown
  Washington Supreme Court· 2007-12-13· cited 83×
• Hayes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-10-20· cited 54×
• Davis v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 49×
• Leger v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 20×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-08-21· cited 19×
• Howell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 9×
• Skeans v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1995-12-22· cited 6×
• Commonwealth v. Mixon
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-04-09· cited 4×
• State v. Sales
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2008-06-26· cited 3×
• Skaggs v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 2×
• Lucas v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 2023-12-07
• United States v. Courtland Reed
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-12-23

Cites

11 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Bell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1971-11-19· cited 47×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 46×
• Russell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1972-06-23· cited 40×
• Hon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-04-19· cited 39×
• Ferguson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1974-05-17· cited 22×
• Ringstaff v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-01-28· cited 19×
• Daugherty v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-10-31· cited 19×
• Marcum v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1965-05-21· cited 14×
• Tramwill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1912-05-31· cited 8×
• Short v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-03-25· cited 4×
• Commonwealth v. Liuzzi
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-02-28· cited 4×