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Murphy v. Commonwealth

Citations

  • 509 S.W.3d 34
  • 2017 WL 636419
  • 2017 Ky. LEXIS 88

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  • conducting palpable error review despite no request for such review because allowing a -15- conviction to stand would be manifest injustice since there was insufficient evidence to satisfy an element of a charge for which the Appellant was convicted
  • “entitled to a directed verdict, as the prosecution failed to prove the element of forcible compulsion”
  • “The failure to identify a particular ground in a motion for directed verdict forecloses appellate review of the trial court's denial of the motion except to the extent that palpable error is shown.”
  • referring to the defendant as a “monster”
  • referring to the defendant as a “monster”
  • referring to the defendant as a “monster”

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Judges: Cunningham, Hughes, Keller, Minton, Only, Vanmeter, Venters, Wright

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