Port v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “[M]ere presence of any evidence does not necessarily enable the issue to be submitted for jury determination.”
• where defendant cannot pursue one theory at trial and another on appellate review
• where defendant cannot pursue one theory at trial and another on appellate review

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

9 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Welborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-03-17· cited 34×
• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-12-19· cited 33×
• Fields v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-01-25· cited 30×
• Watkins v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2003-05-22· cited 23×
• Smith v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-09-26· cited 19×
• Star v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-05-20· cited 18×
• Carrier v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-06-17· cited 8×
• Biyad v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 4×
• Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Cornell Denmark Thomas, II
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-12-19

Cites

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

• Jackson v. Virginia
  Supreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• Rhode Island v. Innis
  Supreme Court· 1980-05-12· cited 5,571×
• Jenkins v. Anderson
  Supreme Court· 1980-06-10· cited 1,359×
• Thompson v. City of Louisville
  Supreme Court· 1960-03-21· cited 801×
• Wainwright v. Greenfield
  Supreme Court· 1986-01-14· cited 752×
• California v. Byers
  Supreme Court· 1971-05-17· cited 422×
• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• Ice v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 168×
• Trowel v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-04-01· cited 127×
• McQueen v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 112×
• Hayes v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1981-11-24· cited 57×
• Edwards v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-07-29· cited 39×
• Commonwealth v. Duke
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-05-19· cited 36×
• Wiseman v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1979-06-12· cited 21×
• Pace v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1982-08-31· cited 17×
• Davison v. Florsheim Shoe Co.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 1988-03-15· cited 14×
• Green v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-08-29· cited 12×
• Spirko v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1972-03-31· cited 9×
• Schaefer v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1981-10-13· cited 8×