Martin v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• judicial interpretation that narrows the scope of a criminal statute is ameliorative
• judicial interpretation that narrows the scope of a criminal statute is ameliorative

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

17 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Caudill v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-06-12· cited 98×
• Elery v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-06-21· cited 92×
• Matheney v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-04-04· cited 67×
• Kotila v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-06-12· cited 52×
• Board of Trustees v. Attorney General of the Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 50×
• Purcell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 50×
• Wilfong v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-12-10· cited 42×
• Lexington Fayette County Food & Beverage Ass'n v. Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 34×
• Varble v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-01-22· cited 32×
• Commonwealth Natural Resources & Environmental Protection Cabinet v. Kentec Coal Co.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-09-22· cited 25×
• State v. Eibensteiner
  Court of Appeals of Minnesota· 2004-12-28· cited 11×
• Lawson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2014-03-07· cited 3×
• Louisville/Jefferson County Metro Government v. Metro Louisville Hospitality Coalition, Inc.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2009-05-13· cited 1×
• Masters v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-10-27· cited 1×
• Martin v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 2003-06-16
• COM. NAT. RES. & ENVIR. PROT. v. Kentec
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-09-22
• Mohamed Ibrahim Hassan v. Pamela J. Bondi
  Seventh Circuit· 2026-03-16

Cites

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

• Gregg v. Georgia
  Supreme Court· 1976-07-22· cited 7,936×
• Buckley v. Valeo
  Supreme Court· 1976-02-27· cited 4,982×
• Broadrick v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 4,338×
• United States v. O'Brien
  Supreme Court· 1968-05-27· cited 3,604×
• Kolender v. Lawson
  Supreme Court· 1983-05-02· cited 3,306×
• National Ass'n for the Advancement of Colored People v. Button
  Supreme Court· 1963-01-14· cited 3,080×
• Hamling v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1974-10-15· cited 2,897×
• Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-09· cited 2,706×
• New York v. Ferber
  Supreme Court· 1982-07-02· cited 2,505×
• Dombrowski v. Pfister
  Supreme Court· 1965-04-26· cited 2,255×
• Calder v. Bull
  Supreme Court· 1798-08-17· cited 1,860×
• United States v. Harriss
  Supreme Court· 1954-06-07· cited 1,827×
• Bouie v. City of Columbia
  Supreme Court· 1964-06-22· cited 1,779×
• Dobbert v. Florida
  Supreme Court· 1977-06-17· cited 1,651×
• City of Houston v. Hill
  Supreme Court· 1987-06-15· cited 1,428×
• Hill v. Colorado
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-28· cited 1,399×
• United States Civil Service Commission v. National Ass'n of Letter Carriers
  Supreme Court· 1973-06-25· cited 1,290×
• Coates v. City of Cincinnati
  Supreme Court· 1971-06-01· cited 1,269×
• Smith v. California
  Supreme Court· 1960-06-13· cited 1,258×
• Ginsberg v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-03· cited 1,224×