Hodge v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• an evidentiary hearing is required to determine whether counsel’s decision was “trial strategy or an abdication of advocacy”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

15 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ordway v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 131×
• Wheeler v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-12-18· cited 77×
• Commonwealth v. Bussell
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-06-21· cited 49×
• Parrish v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-09-18· cited 37×
• Grubb v. Smith
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2017-03-23· cited 37×
• Mills v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 33×
• Minks v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-04-17· cited 26×
• Bowling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-12-17· cited 22×
• Hodge v. Coleman
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-01-25· cited 21×
• Benny Hodge v. Laura Plappert
  Sixth Circuit· 2025-05-07· cited 8×
• Bratcher v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2012-11-02· cited 7×
• Johnson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2005-12-02· cited 6×
• Benny Hodge v. Scott Jordan
  Sixth Circuit· 2024-02-22· cited 1×
• Eads, Steven L. v. Hanks, Craig A.
  Seventh Circuit· 2002-01-18
• State v. Berrios
  Supreme Court of Connecticut· 2016-01-26

Cites

22 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Brady v. Maryland
  Supreme Court· 1963-05-13· cited 33,902×
• Remmer v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1954-03-08· cited 1,718×
• Eurus Kelly Waters v. Albert G. Thomas, Warden Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Center
  Eleventh Circuit· 1995-04-04· cited 558×
• Stanford v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1989-08-30· cited 438×
• Bernard Bolender, A/K/A Bernard Bolander v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-03-11· cited 218×
• Skaggs v. Parker
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-12-18· cited 161×
• Richard H. Austin v. Ricky Bell, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-10-02· cited 160×
• Raleigh Porter v. Harry K. Singletary, Secretary Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 1994-02-02· cited 101×
• Stanford v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-07-01· cited 84×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-04-06· cited 79×
• Grooms v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-09-08· cited 78×
• Epperson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-07-03· cited 74×
• Sanborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-10-15· cited 50×
• Skaggs v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-11-08· cited 43×
• Lawvere v. East Lycoming School District
  Supreme Court· 1998-04-20· cited 37×
• Thacker v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1972-02-18· cited 36×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-05-21· cited 25×
• Foster v. Overstreet
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-08-24· cited 22×
• Lay v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1974-03-01· cited 14×