Childress v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1923
Citation profile
5
cited by 5 later decisions
1
states following
October 1945
most recently cited
5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Kerfoot v. Commonwealth · Richey v. Commonwealth
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 5 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““The statement in the indictment of the matter judicially pending, or of the specific public offense being investigated by the grand jury, in regard to which the appellant was alleged to have falsely testified under oath; was under section 1174, Kentucky Statutes, defining the crime of false swearing, essential to the validity of the indictment, and we have so held in numerous cases. Ford v. Commonwealth, 16 R. 528 ; Kerfoot v. Commonwealth, 89 Ky. 174 ; Rickey v. Commonwealth, 81 Ky. 524 . If this defect in the indictment could have been cured by evidence, it was not done. ””
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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