Johnson v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• statements that “beyond a reasonable doubt” was not the same as “beyond a shadow of a doubt” deemed permissible
• prosecutor’s remark during voir dire that “beyond shadow of doubt” was not the same as “beyond reasonable doubt” was not impermissible attempt to define reasonable doubt

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Cuzick v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 34×
• Rogers v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 31×
• Brooks v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-03-22· cited 29×
• Berryman v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-11-01· cited 16×
• Rodgers v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2010-04-09· cited 2×

Cites

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

• Estelle v. McGuire
  Supreme Court· 1991-12-04· cited 8,719×
• Commonwealth v. English
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 1,274×
• Cage v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1990-11-13· cited 1,172×
• Taylor v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-30· cited 844×
• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Kentucky v. Whorton
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 342×
• Sanborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 228×
• Sanders v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-09-27· cited 135×
• Caudill v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-06-12· cited 98×
• Marsch v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-01-21· cited 81×
• Cox v. Cooper
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1974-05-31· cited 73×
• Love v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-02-22· cited 69×
• Merritt v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1965-02-05· cited 65×
• Commonwealth v. Callahan
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-09-13· cited 52×
• Simpson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-12-22· cited 50×
• Whorton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-07-25· cited 48×
• Nichols v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-06-17· cited 35×
• Mink v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-03-22· cited 14×
• Marshall v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1972-06-30· cited 10×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1977-04-01· cited 8×