Polk v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “When bias is apparent or known before trial, and a juror is permitted to remain, the objection to the juror is waived.”
• affirming when defendant failed to offer evidence of actual bias
• “When such facts are not known and would not reasonably have been determined prior to the selection of the jury, no waiver is involved, and an objection may be raised upon discovery of the bias.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Adkins v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-01-23· cited 146×
• Ward v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 117×
• State v. Malloy
  Arizona Supreme Court· 1981-12-18· cited 68×
• Byrd v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-02-13· cited 51×
• Major v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-02-03· cited 46×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-08-21· cited 45×
• Penman v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 36×
• Colwell v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-12-21· cited 34×
• Sluss v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-09-20· cited 30×
• Copley v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1993-03-18· cited 28×
• McGaha v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-06-20· cited 20×
• Commonwealth v. Sanders
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-02-28· cited 19×
• Gibson v. Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co.
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2010-12-03· cited 17×
• Key v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1992-05-22· cited 16×
• Godsey v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1983-12-09· cited 6×
• Caraway v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-05-14· cited 4×