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← 458 S.W.3d 787 - Cherry v. Commonwealth

Cherry v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

2015

Citation profile

4
cited by 4 later decisions
2
states following
June 2018
most recently cited

4 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on Commonwealth v. English · Winstead v. Commonwealth · Springer v. Commonwealth · Adkins v. Commonwealth · Lanham 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 4 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.

  1. “; had thrown away his life; and would be old and have gray hair when he got out of jail. On March 25, after listening to the jail phone calls, Detectives Rob Wilson and Matt Brotherton decided to question Cherry about the Lemghaili shooting. Cherry stated that he had been very intoxicated on drugs and alcohol on Saturday night and claimed not to remember what had happened. He admitted to having gotten into an argument with Bates and shooting his gun in her apartment. Eventually, Cherry began crying and stated,”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  2. “by the joint trial. Parker v. Commonwealth, 291 S.W.3d 647 , 657 (Ky. 2009). Trial judges are vested with great discretion in determining whether to join or sever offenses. Brown v. Commonwealth, 458 S.W.2d 444 , 447 (Ky. 1970). We have”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
  3. “Because you don't believe me when I tell you stuff that I don't remember, I'm guilty. You're recording. I'm guilty. I swear to god I'm sorry, [inaudible] I deserve whatever happens to me.”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority

How this case has been treated — in progress

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