Partin v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that right of self-representation does not “mean that [the defendant has] a constitutional right to personally cross-examine the victim(s) of his crimes”
• explaining that a defendant acting as co-counsel does not have a constitutional right to personally cross-examine victims and intimidate witnesses any more than a self-represented defendant would
• circuit court properly dismissed indictment where there existed a defect in the grand jury proceeding

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

12 cases in this archive cite this case.

• People v. Daniels
  Michigan Court of Appeals· 2015-07-02· cited 99×
• Coronado v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-14· cited 82×
• Stansbury v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-02-19· cited 29×
• Depp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-03-10· cited 26×
• Allen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 15×
• Applegate v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-10-29· cited 12×
• Packer v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2011-11-28· cited 11×
• Commonwealth v. Bishop
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-02-21· cited 9×
• Buckler v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2016-06-17· cited 1×
• Coronado, Tommy
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 2011-09-14
• Lion Copolymer Holdings, LLC v. Lion Polymers, LLC
  Tex. App. Ct., 1st Dist. (Houston)· 2019-03-21
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Cornell Denmark Thomas, II
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-12-19

Cites

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

• Apprendi v. New Jersey
  Supreme Court· 2000-06-26· cited 28,372×
• Faretta v. California
  Supreme Court· 1975-06-30· cited 11,585×
• Delaware v. Van Arsdall
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-07· cited 7,102×
• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Chambers v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1973-02-21· cited 5,756×
• Neder v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1999-06-10· cited 5,157×
• California v. Green
  Supreme Court· 1970-06-23· cited 3,363×
• McKaskle v. Wiggins
  Supreme Court· 1984-01-23· cited 2,288×
• Maryland v. Craig
  Supreme Court· 1990-06-27· cited 2,040×
• Costello v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1956-04-01· cited 1,814×
• Delaware v. Fensterer
  Supreme Court· 1985-11-04· cited 1,786×
• Vasquez v. Hillery
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-14· cited 1,638×
• Rose v. Mitchell
  Supreme Court· 1979-07-02· cited 651×
• Maurice A. Mason v. Betty Mitchell
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-02-06· cited 337×
• United States v. Dougherty
  D.C. Circuit· 1972-06-30· cited 309×
• Soto v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 139×
• Billie Sol Estes v. United States
  Fifth Circuit· 1964-09-21· cited 138×
• United States v. Remington
  Second Circuit· 1951-08-22· cited 106×
• Gary N. Fields v. Edward W. Murray, Director, Virginia Department of Corrections
  Fourth Circuit· 1995-03-20· cited 103×
• Garrett v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-06-19· cited 75×