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.

• explaining that manifest injustice occurs when a “defect in the proceeding [exists that is] shocking or jurisprudentially intolerable[]”
• holding “[A]ssignments of error in ‘the giving or the failure to give’ an instruction are subject to RCr 9.54(2)'s bar on appellate review[.]”
• applying palpable error review to jury instructions where the jury instruction was not correctly given
• “RCr 9.54(2) bars palpable error review for unpreserved claims that the trial court erred in the giving or the failure to give a specific instruction.”
• “RCr 9.54(2) bars palpable error review for unpreserved claims that the trial court erred in the giving or failure to give a specific instruction[]”
• “Under RCr 10.26, an unpreserved error may generally be noticed on appeal if the error is ‘palpable’ and if it ‘affects the substantial rights of a party.’”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

19 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Sargent v. Shaffer
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-08-26· cited 142×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-02-19· cited 43×
• Staples v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-04-17· cited 38×
• Thornton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 27×
• Young v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-04-17· cited 25×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 19×
• Sevier v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-06-19· cited 16×
• Wallace v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-08-20· cited 16×
• Lewis v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-09-24· cited 13×
• Holland v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-08-20· cited 11×
• Wise v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 10×
• Glenn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-11-21· cited 10×
• Jones v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2019-02-01· cited 7×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-01-08· cited 5×
• J.E. v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-04-28· cited 3×
• Hughes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-10-23· cited 1×
• State of Tennessee v. Tony Thomas and LaRonda Turner
  Tennessee Supreme Court· 2024-03-07
• Troy Dunkleberger v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2025-03-20
• Trevor Collins v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2026-01-16

Cites

18 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Brewer v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-11-22· cited 262×
• Sanborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 228×
• Ernst v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-04-21· cited 114×
• Taylor v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 104×
• Quisenberry v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-03-24· cited 101×
• Swan v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-08-23· cited 72×
• Hudson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-10-19· cited 68×
• Thomas v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-06-16· cited 56×
• Bartley v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 52×
• Chavies v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-10-27· cited 47×
• Doneghy v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 40×
• University Medical Center, Inc. v. Beglin
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-10-27· cited 35×
• Blane v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-04-26· cited 33×
• Keeling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-10-25· cited 33×
• Hayes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-03-24· cited 27×
• Commonwealth v. Varney
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-03-21· cited 16×
• Commonwealth v. Adkins
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-01-20· cited 10×
• Edmondson v. Alig
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1996-08-02· cited 4×