Pendleton v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• as the competency bar is so low, depending only on a child's level of development and the subject matter at hand, the court found no reason to explore taint
• trial court properly denied pretrial Michaels hearing, issue is matter of witness competency
• “[A] determination as to whether to exclude a juror for cause lies within the sound discretion of the trial court, and unless the action of the trial court is an abuse of discretion or is clearly erroneous, an appellate court will not reverse the trial court's determination.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Commonwealth v. Delbridge
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 2003-09-25· cited 165×
• Harp v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-27· cited 154×
• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-01-23· cited 146×
• Ordway v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 131×
• Shane v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-12-20· cited 120×
• Ratliff v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-07-28· cited 108×
• Hunt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 79×
• People v. Montoya
  California Court of Appeal· 2007-04-18· cited 78×
• Swan v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-08-23· cited 72×
• State v. Ruiz
  New Mexico Court of Appeals· 2006-11-22· cited 62×
• Dunlap v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 47×
• Fugett v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-04-24· cited 38×
• White v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-01-06· cited 36×
• Morgan v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 33×
• King v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 28×
• Little v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-12-19· cited 25×
• Walker v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-06-25· cited 23×
• Slone v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-10-25· cited 21×
• Huddleston v. Commonwealth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-02-15· cited 19×
• Springfield v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 18×

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• State v. Michaels
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 1994-06-23· cited 230×
• Pendleton v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-02-28· cited 113×
• Snodgrass v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-08-29· cited 84×
• Price v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-11-22· cited 70×
• Jarvis v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-01-22· cited 53×
• Hyatt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-02-21· cited 51×
• Kotas v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1978-05-02· cited 43×
• Sholler v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-06-18· cited 41×
• Humphrey v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1998-02-19· cited 41×
• Richardson v. Eastland, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 31×
• Hunter v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-01-31· cited 31×
• Moore v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1964-12-04· cited 18×
• Commonwealth v. Lewis
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1995-08-24· cited 11×
• Capps v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-12-09· cited 11×