Pruett v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “It is practically conceded that, if the accused is under arrest at the time of the inquest and is sworn as a witness, without being cautioned as to his privilege, such testimony is involuntary.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Brown v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1955-02-25· cited 19×
• Hill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1930-01-21· cited 11×
• Poyner v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1938-10-11· cited 1×
• State of Maine v. Derric McLain
  Supreme Judicial Court of Maine· 2025-08-29

Cites

13 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• People v. . Molineux
  New York Court of Appeals· 1901-10-15· cited 2,413×
• Epps v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1885-06-10· cited 95×
• Hendrickson v. . the People
  New York Court of Appeals· 1854-04-05· cited 56×
• Green v. State
  Supreme Court of Georgia· 1905-11-20· cited 56×
• State v. O'Brien
  Montana Supreme Court· 1896-03-09· cited 33×
• Shoeffler v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1854-06-15· cited 31×
• St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad v. Clark
  Supreme Court of Missouri· 1893-12-23· cited 25×
• Mack v. State
  Wisconsin Supreme Court· 1880-02-03· cited 23×
• Williams v. Commonwealth
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1857-07-01· cited 18×
• Lyons v. People
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1891-05-13· cited 17×
• Commonwealth v. McClanahan
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1913-04-25· cited 17×
• Brown v. State
  Indiana Supreme Court· 1880-11-15· cited 13×
• Slaughter v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1912-05-10· cited 1×