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.

• reversing a conviction for wanton murder, in- part, because evidence showed the defendant was completely sober, “[t]he road was dry,” and, although the speed limit was 55mph, there was no evidence he was speeding
• \Evidence was introduced ... that he may have run a red light.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

13 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Ordway v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 131×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-06-13· cited 98×
• Hayes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-10-20· cited 54×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-07-07· cited 44×
• Estep v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-09-04· cited 44×
• Burchett v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-01-23· cited 24×
• Kurtz v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 23×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 20×
• Berryman v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-11-01· cited 16×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-01-20· cited 14×
• Meredith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-05-19· cited 8×
• Hurt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 7×
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Gary Campbell
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-07-25

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• Walden v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-01-17· cited 73×
• Hamilton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-01-10· cited 42×
• Shell v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1932-10-11· cited 42×
• Harris v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-09-06· cited 39×
• Wilson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1980-05-13· cited 37×
• Nichols v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-06-15· cited 32×
• Louisville & Nashville Railroad v. Adams' Administrator
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1924-10-24· cited 17×
• Bowler v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-10-28· cited 15×
• Caudill v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1989-10-19· cited 14×
• Gaugh v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1935-10-30· cited 7×
• Picklesimer v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1927-01-18· cited 6×