Mason v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• finding no palpable error where there was no real possibility that a juror voted to convict the defendant under a theory when no evidence supported that theory
• declining to order the DOC, which had not been made a party to the appeal and was not properly before the Court, “to either defend its action or to confess error—to take any affirmative action with regard to [the defendant’s] offender classification or parole eligibility”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

11 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Peacher v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 54×
• Kingrey v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-04-25· cited 45×
• Newcomb v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-04-25· cited 36×
• Acosta v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 34×
• Commonwealth v. Caudill
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-02-15· cited 29×
• Jewish Hosp. & St. Mary's Healthcare, Inc. v. House
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-12-13· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Helm
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-22
• William Roy Helm Jr v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2018-03-22
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. William Roy Helm Jr
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2018-03-22
• Tommy Petrey v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-11-21
• Mary Schulkers v. Kathleen Lape
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2026-02-19

Cites

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

• Estelle v. Gamble
  Supreme Court· 1976-11-30· cited 28,035×
• Crawford v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 2004-03-08· cited 14,756×
• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Martin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-23· cited 437×
• Harp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-27· cited 154×
• Commonwealth v. Reneer
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-08-06· cited 131×
• Workman v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1968-06-14· cited 114×
• Travis v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-12-16· cited 76×
• Commonwealth v. Whitmore
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-11-21· cited 73×
• Souder v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1986-10-16· cited 65×
• Parker v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-05-21· cited 63×
• Thompson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-08-26· cited 55×
• Dixon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-06· cited 52×
• Benjamin v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-23· cited 51×
• Purcell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-11-18· cited 50×
• Campbell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-05-02· cited 42×
• Parson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-10-21· cited 41×
• Allen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 37×
• Schambon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-12-19· cited 35×
• Stoker v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-03-12· cited 33×