Simmons 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 Parole Board’s ordering serve out of life sentence does not enhance punishment or elongate sentence; the life sentence “has remained at a fixed term and parole eligibility is of no consequence[]”
• recognizing parole board as part of the executive branch and holding that denial of parole did not usurp judicial authority
• explaining to overrule Court of Appeals precedent, the Court of Appeals “would have to go en banc”
• \[D]ismissal for failure to comply with the provisions of CR 76.12 is discretionary[.]\
• “[D]ismissal for failure to comply with the provisions of CR 76.12 is discretionary!.]”
• “[D]ismissal for failure to comply with the provisions of CR 76.12 is discretionary[.]”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

3 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Roth
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2019-02-14· cited 54×
• Sanderson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-10-01· cited 33×
• Darrie Rushin v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2024-08-22

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Steelvest, Inc. v. Scansteel Service Center, Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-04-16· cited 1,300×
• California Department of Corrections v. Morales
  Supreme Court· 1995-04-25· cited 1,142×
• Garner v. Jones
  Supreme Court· 2000-04-18· cited 550×
• Kennedy v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1976-09-17· cited 159×
• McDonald v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-07-01· cited 64×
• Grundy v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-09-21· cited 40×
• Prater v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-09-24· cited 25×
• Stewart v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-01-20· cited 23×
• Baker v. Campbell County Board of Education
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2005-10-28· cited 22×
• Belcher v. Kentucky Parole Board
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1996-03-15· cited 21×
• Murphy v. Cranfill
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1967-06-16· cited 11×
• Peck v. Conder
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1976-08-20· cited 10×
• Morris v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1954-05-14· cited 9×
• Morris v. Wingo
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1968-05-31· cited 8×
• Cornette v. Holiday Inn Express
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2000-10-20· cited 5×
• Commonwealth v. Cornelius
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1980-09-26· cited 3×