Martinez v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• the purpose of Section 51 “is to prevent surreptitious legislation, and to prevent surprise and fraud upon the members of the General Assembly and other interested parties”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

8 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Board of Trustees v. Attorney General of the Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-10-23· cited 50×
• Dunlap v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 47×
• Wilfong v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2004-12-10· cited 42×
• Peterson v. Shake
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-09-18· cited 30×
• Martin v. Chandler
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-12-18· cited 21×
• Bray v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2006-06-16· cited 1×
• R. L. P. v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-02-07
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Tommy Embrey
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-05-09

Cites

7 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Weaver v. Graham
  Supreme Court· 1981-02-24· cited 2,482×
• Kansas v. Hendricks
  Supreme Court· 1997-06-23· cited 2,057×
• Yeoman v. Com., Health Policy Bd.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-11-19· cited 172×
• Hyatt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 51×
• Commonwealth Ex Rel. Armstrong v. Collins
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1986-05-01· cited 41×
• Commonwealth v. Halsell
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-11-26· cited 33×
• Lattimore v. Corrections Cabinet
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1990-06-08· cited 5×