Brown v. Commonwealth

Decided June 17, 2010. Will T. Scott wrote the opinion for the court.

313 S.W.3d 577 · Cited 259 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

• Commonwealth v. Eldred · 973 S.W.2d 43
• Kotteakos v. United States · 328 U.S. 750
• Holmes v. South Carolina · 547 U.S. 319
• Burks v. United States · 437 U.S. 1
• Shane v. Commonwealth · 243 S.W.3d 336
• Sherley v. Commonwealth · 889 S.W.2d 794
• People v. Rodriguez · 726 P.2d 113
• People v. Benson · 802 P.2d 330
• Winstead v. Commonwealth · 283 S.W.3d 678
• Commonwealth v. Mattei · 455 Mass. 840
• Commonwealth v. Stone · 291 S.W.3d 696
• Thurman v. Commonwealth · 975 S.W.2d 888
• City of Highland Park v. Block · 362 N.E.2d 1107
• Urbanski v. Commonwealth · 526 S.W.2d 7
• Jett v. Commonwealth · 436 S.W.2d 788
• State v. Skipper · 446 S.E.2d 252
• State v. Bander · 208 P.3d 1242
• State v. Chapman · 611 S.E.2d 794
• State v. Castonguay · 218 Conn. 486
• Funk v. Commonwealth · 842 S.W.2d 476
• Beaty v. Commonwealth · 125 S.W.3d 196
• Hodge v. Commonwealth · 17 S.W.3d 824
• Marsch v. Commonwealth · 743 S.W.2d 830
• State v. Woodall · 385 S.E.2d 253
• Thomas v. Commonwealth · 170 S.W.3d 343

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• Tackett v. Commonwealth · 445 S.W.3d 20
• Dunlap v. Commonwealth · 435 S.W.3d 537
• Elery v. Commonwealth · 368 S.W.3d 78
• Gray v. Commonwealth · 480 S.W.3d 253
• Oro-Jimenez v. Commonwealth · 412 S.W.3d 174
• Montrial Demetrius Johnson v. Commonwealth of Kentucky · 450 S.W.3d 707
• Isaiah Brown v. Commonwealth of Kentucky
• Ordway v. Commonwealth · 391 S.W.3d 762
• Luna v. Commonwealth · 460 S.W.3d 851
• Dunn v. Commonwealth · 360 S.W.3d 751
• Wright v. Carroll · 452 S.W.3d 127
• Crabtree v. Commonwealth · 455 S.W.3d 390
• Garland v. Commonwealth · 458 S.W.3d 781
• Bowling v. Commonwealth · 377 S.W.3d 529
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• Duncan v. Commonwealth · 322 S.W.3d 81
• Staples v. Commonwealth · 454 S.W.3d 803
• Newcomb v. Commonwealth · 410 S.W.3d 63

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