Woodard v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
2004
Citation profile
32
cited by 32 later decisions
3
states following
April 2019
most recently cited
32 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Benham · Commonwealth v. English · United States v. Ramirez-Jiminez · Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. Thompson · United States v. Guerrero
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 32 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“The test for abuse of discretion is whether the trial judge's decision was arbitrary, unreasonable, unfair, or unsupported by sound legal principles.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“[A] mistrial is an extreme remedy and should be resorted to only when there is a fundamental defect in the proceedings and there is a 'manifest necessity for such an action.' " Woodard v. Commonwealth, 147 S.W.3d 63 , 68 (Ky. 2004) (citing Bray v. Commonwealth, 68 S.W.3d 375 , 383 (Ky. 2002) ). "The occurrence complained of must be of such character and magnitude that a litigant will be denied a fair and impartial trial and the prejudicial effect can be removed in no other way.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“It is well established that the decision to grant a mistrial is within the trial court's discretion, and such a ruling will not be disturbed absent a showing of an abuse of that discretion.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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