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.

• holding that state law creates a due process right to full use of peremptory challenges
• abuse of discretion not to strike juror for cause who stated that he would “definitely” vote for the death penalty
• abuse of discretion not to strike juror for cause who stated that he would \definitely\ vote for the death penalty
• requiring exhaustion of peremptory challenges

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

51 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• State v. Oldson
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-06-10· cited 378×
• People v. Lefebre
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2000-06-19· cited 243×
• Springer v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-05-03· cited 185×
• Stopher v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-08-15· cited 169×
• Soto v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 139×
• Shane v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2007-12-20· cited 120×
• Busby v. State
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2005-02-03· cited 105×
• Fugate v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 101×
• Hodge v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2000-06-15· cited 96×
• Lawson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-10-12· cited 92×
• Haight v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 87×
• Mabe v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1994-09-29· cited 82×
• Perdue v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-03-21· cited 81×
• Gould v. Charlton Co., Inc.
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1996-09-26· cited 76×
• Baze v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-11-20· cited 74×
• Furnish v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-12-10· cited 72×
• Hudson v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-10-19· cited 68×
• Matheney v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2006-04-04· cited 67×
• St. Clair v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2014-08-21· cited 61×
• Gabbard v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-10-29· cited 57×

Cites

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

• Davis v. Alaska
  Supreme Court· 1974-02-27· cited 5,953×
• Darden v. Wainwright
  Supreme Court· 1986-09-03· cited 4,161×
• Irvin v. Dowd
  Supreme Court· 1961-06-05· cited 3,697×
• Caldwell v. Mississippi
  Supreme Court· 1985-06-11· cited 2,827×
• Crane v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 1986-06-09· cited 2,651×
• Estes v. Texas
  Supreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 1,725×
• Michigan v. Tucker
  Supreme Court· 1974-06-10· cited 1,437×
• Ross v. Oklahoma
  Supreme Court· 1988-08-25· cited 1,289×
• Sanborn v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 228×
• Ice v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1984-02-16· cited 168×
• Sanders v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1990-09-27· cited 135×
• Montgomery v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1991-10-24· cited 135×
• Abernathy v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1969-02-28· cited 125×
• Ward v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1985-05-23· cited 117×
• Marsch v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-01-21· cited 81×
• Pennington v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1958-09-19· cited 67×
• Franks v. State
  Court of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma· 1981-11-04· cited 66×
• McDonald v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1977-07-01· cited 64×
• Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. v. Cook
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1979-04-10· cited 58×
• Tamme v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1988-09-08· cited 57×