Williams v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• RCr 11.42 movant failed to specify what evidence the witnesses would have provided, which was fatal to his claim that counsel was ineffective for failing to subpoena them.
• “An attorney cannot be ineffective for failing to raise a non- meritorious claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

5 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Commonwealth v. Pridham
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-10-25· cited 88×
• Mullins v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2011-09-22· cited 40×
• Roach v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2012-09-20· cited 37×
• Jackson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2019-01-04· cited 12×
• Thorpe v. State
  Court of Appeals of Mississippi· 2012-04-10

Cites

16 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Strickland v. Washington
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 123,578×
• Blockburger v. United States
  Supreme Court· 1931-12-11· cited 10,676×
• Padilla v. Kentucky
  Supreme Court· 2010-03-31· cited 5,017×
• Blackledge v. Allison
  Supreme Court· 1977-05-02· cited 3,882×
• Commonwealth v. Burge
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 1997-06-19· cited 200×
• Leonard v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2009-01-22· cited 168×
• Haight v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2001-04-26· cited 87×
• Dwight Rashad v. Sherry Burt
  Sixth Circuit· 1997-03-14· cited 65×
• Bowling v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2002-03-21· cited 65×
• Dixon v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2008-10-06· cited 52×
• Walter L. Thomas v. Jerry Gilmore, Warden, Pontiac Correctional Center
  Seventh Circuit· 1998-06-29· cited 50×
• Fulcher v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2004-12-06· cited 26×
• United States v. Jerry Antonio Williams
  Fourth Circuit· 1998-08-27· cited 23×
• Stewart v. Commonwealth
  Kentucky Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 16×
• Sammie Clemons v. Bill Armontrout
  Eighth Circuit· 1990-12-19· cited 5×
• Simpson v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 2005-03-11· cited 4×