Spears v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• An indictment, though not admissible as impeachment evidence, is admissible “to show that the testimony of the prosecuting witness was influenced by a desire to seek the favor or leniency of the prosecuting officer.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

4 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Bowling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-03-21· cited 65×
• Adcock v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1986-01-16· cited 56×
• Davenport v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2005-10-20· cited 53×
• Ebb v. State
  Court of Appeals of Maryland· 1996-02-14· cited 48×

Cites

3 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• East v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1933-05-05· cited 24×
• Clark v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1965-01-29· cited 8×
• McGill v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1926-11-09· cited 5×