Murphy v. Commonwealth

How courts have described this case

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

• state alleged that defendant committed murder by striking victim in head with hard object, but proof showed that fatal injury was caused by hard substance on earth after victim was knocked down
• state alleged that defendant committed murder by striking victim in head with hard object, but proof showed that fatal injury was caused by hard substance on earth after victim was knocked down

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• State v. Campbell
  Idaho Court of Appeals· 1988-06-02· cited 17×
• Cheatham v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976)· 1929-03-01· cited 12×

Cites

2 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Guedel v. People
  Illinois Supreme Court· 1867-01-15· cited 15×
• Helmerking v. Commonwealth
  Court of Appeals of Kentucky· 1896-10-22· cited 5×