Matthews v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• evidence that estranged wife sought and obtained warrant charging defendant with sexual abuse of step-daughter resulting in the issuance of \no-contact\ order admissible to prove motive for subsequent murder of estranged wife
• evidence that estranged wife sought and obtained warrant charging defendant with sexual abuse of step-daughter resulting in the issuance of “no-contact” order admissible to prove motive for subsequent murder of estranged wife
• “It is quite evident that . . . the court order to stay away from [Matthew’s Wife’s] house . . . [is] relevant not only as evidence of motive or state of mind, but as part of the immediate circumstances bearing on the crimes charged.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

56 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Parker v. Matthews
  Supreme Court· 2012-06-11· cited 1,199×
• Frye v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Virginia· 1986-06-13· cited 272×
• Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, Warden
  Sixth Circuit· 2000-10-30· cited 250×
• Sanborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 228×
• Tamme v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 202×
• Mills v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-04-22· cited 174×
• Hooks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1987-07-28· cited 174×
• Stopher v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-08-15· cited 169×
• Slaughter v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1987-11-05· cited 159×
• James Earl Slaughter, Petitioner-Appellee/cross-Appellant v. Phil Parker, Warden, Respondent-Appellant/cross-Appellee
  Sixth Circuit· 2006-06-13· cited 140×
• Soto v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 139×
• Sanders v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-09-27· cited 135×
• White v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Alabama· 1990-08-24· cited 117×
• Ernst v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-04-21· cited 114×
• Caudill v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-06-12· cited 98×
• Hodge v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-06-15· cited 96×
• Bussell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-05-25· cited 95×
• Bowling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-03-24· cited 94×
• Simmons v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-03-31· cited 91×
• Woodall v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-01-15· cited 82×