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.

• holding “a general jury verdict based on an instruction including two or more separate instances of a criminal offense, whether explicitly stated in the instruction or based on the proof—violates the requirement of a unanimous verdict.”
• finding palpable error where the jury instruction \did not require the jury to differentiate which of the two instances was the basis of the conviction.\
• Unanimous verdict means that to convict a defendant of a specific criminal act, all twelve jurors must agree on the specific criminal act committed by defendant
• examining federal law to assist in defining the unanimity concept
• examining federal law to assist in defining the unanimity concept
• examining federal law to assist in defining the unanimity concept

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Tackett v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-10-23· cited 48×
• Kingrey v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-04-25· cited 45×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-02-19· cited 43×
• Commonwealth v. Goss
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-04-17· cited 41×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 41×
• Cox v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 34×
• Hall v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-22· cited 33×
• Little v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 25×
• Kelly v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 20×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 18×
• Turner v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-05-12· cited 8×
• Sheets v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2016-08-25· cited 3×
• Little v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 3×
• Shively v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-22· cited 2×
• Stanfill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-06-24· cited 1×
• Rodriguez v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-04-25

Cites

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

• Schad v. Arizona
  Supreme Court· 1991-09-13· cited 1,454×
• Johnson v. Louisiana
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-22· cited 1,080×
• Apodaca v. Oregon
  Supreme Court· 1972-05-22· cited 853×
• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Johnson v. United States
  District of Columbia Court of Appeals· 1979-01-31· cited 771×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-23· cited 437×
• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• United States v. Larry Starks, in No. 74-1966 Appeal of Alonzo Robinson, in No. 74-1947. Appeal of Donald Everett Abney, in No. 74-1967
  Third Circuit· 1975-04-21· cited 220×
• Harp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-27· cited 154×
• Stringer v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 148×
• United States v. Uco Oil Company, and Donald Simeon
  Ninth Circuit· 1976-12-13· cited 137×
• Wells v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-01-10· cited 131×
• Miller v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-05-21· cited 122×
• United States v. Errol Eugene Washington
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-12-04· cited 110×
• United States v. Jerry Don Holley
  Fifth Circuit· 1991-09-13· cited 108×
• Lanham v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-08-25· cited 101×
• Commonwealth v. Jones
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-02-19· cited 97×
• Moss v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-05-22· cited 83×
• Renee Bins v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1964-07-02· cited 74×
• Brock v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-01-30· cited 61×