Kentucky Supreme Court· 2/16/2017
Murphy v. Commonwealth
Citations
- 509 S.W.3d 34
- 2017 WL 636419
- 2017 Ky. LEXIS 88
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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8 cases in this archive cite this case.
- Hall v. CommonwealthMissouri Court of Appeals· 2018-03-22· cited 33×
- Brown v. CommonwealthMissouri Court of Appeals· 2018-08-16· cited 18×
- White v. Com. of Ky.Missouri Court of Appeals· 2017-08-24· cited 10×
- Lewis v. FulkersonCourt of Appeals of Kentucky· 2017-09-29· cited 4×
- William Sloss v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court· 2024-10-24
- Jay Peterson v. Commonwealth of KentuckyCourt of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-03-14
- Jason Baldwin v. Commonwealth of KentuckyKentucky Supreme Court· 2025-09-18
- Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Cornell Denmark Thomas, IICourt of Appeals of Kentucky· 2025-12-19
Cites
63 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- Jackson v. VirginiaSupreme Court· 1979-10-01· cited 79,490×
- Burks v. United StatesSupreme Court· 1978-06-14· cited 4,912×
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1965-04-28· cited 4,680×
- Griffin v. CaliforniaSupreme Court· 1965-06-07· cited 4,088×
- Commonwealth v. BenhamKentucky Supreme Court· 1991-09-26· cited 794×
- Martin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2006-05-23· cited 437×
- United States v. Richard CarrollSixth Circuit· 1994-08-26· cited 341×
- Commonwealth v. SawhillKentucky Supreme Court· 1983-11-23· cited 310×
- Brewer v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2006-11-22· cited 262×
- Brown v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2010-06-17· cited 259×
- Sanborn v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1988-06-09· cited 228×
- Tamme v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1998-09-03· cited 202×
- Stopher v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2001-08-15· cited 169×
- McClellan v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1986-06-12· cited 160×
- Slaughter v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1987-11-05· cited 159×
- Soto v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2004-04-22· cited 139×
- Partin v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1996-03-21· cited 139×
- Ordway v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2013-02-21· cited 131×
- Padgett v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 2010-03-18· cited 104×
- Taylor v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court· 1999-06-17· cited 104×
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