Thomas v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• “As demeanor is a race-neutral explanation, the Commonwealth met its burden of proof, shifting the burden back to Appellant.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

16 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Shepherd v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-05-22· cited 87×
• Hunt v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 79×
• Gray v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-10-31· cited 69×
• Murphy v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2017-02-16· cited 67×
• Penman v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-18· cited 36×
• Mash v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-03-22· cited 36×
• Newcomb v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2013-04-25· cited 36×
• Ross v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2015-02-19· cited 26×
• Dant v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-05-22· cited 20×
• Sluss v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-12-18· cited 20×
• Peterson v. Foley
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2018-11-01· cited 17×
• Clay v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-08-27· cited 14×
• White v. Com. of Ky.
  Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-08-24· cited 10×
• Parrish v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2015-06-12· cited 3×
• Abukar v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-07-21· cited 3×
• Joseph S. Masters v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2025-10-23

Cites

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

• Batson v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-04-30· cited 16,401×
• Bruton v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1968-06-17· cited 8,792×
• Hernandez v. New York
  Supreme Court· 1991-05-28· cited 4,168×
• Purkett v. Elem
  Supreme Court· 1995-05-15· cited 3,008×
• Commonwealth v. Benham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
• Commonwealth v. Sawhill
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
• United States v. Ella Louise Forbes and Lillie Mae Berry
  Fifth Circuit· 1987-04-29· cited 197×
• Albert Lopez Gallego v. United States
  Ninth Circuit· 1960-03-23· cited 189×
• James E. McCurdy v. Montgomery County, Ohio
  Sixth Circuit· 2001-02-16· cited 136×
• United States v. Janus Industries, Doing Business as Acapulco Smoke Shop, and James B. Janus
  Tenth Circuit· 1995-01-18· cited 124×
• Yarborough v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas· 1997-06-11· cited 90×
• Stanford v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-05-24· cited 79×
• United States v. Jackson
  Third Circuit· 1981-05-22· cited 74×
• United States v. S. B. Penick & Co.
  Second Circuit· 1943-06-17· cited 59×
• Commonwealth v. Snodgrass
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1992-06-04· cited 56×
• Barth v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-10-25· cited 56×
• Washington v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-11-22· cited 50×
• United States v. Henry T. Lane, A/K/A Dutch, A/K/A Henry T, (Two Cases)
  D.C. Circuit· 1979-01-12· cited 48×
• United States v. Orville Marrowbone
  Eighth Circuit· 2000-04-27· cited 41×
• Grundy v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-09-21· cited 40×