Legal Opinion
Murphy v. Commonwealth
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided May 11, 1983PublishedCited by 47 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
VANCE, Justice.
Gregory Arnold Murphy appeals as a matter of right from his conviction of murder for which he was sentenced to life imprisonment. During the pendancy of the appeal, he filed a motion for a new trial based upon the alleged discovery of new evidence. A request for a hearing upon this motion was overruled, and his appeal from that order was transferred to this court. The two appeals have been heard together, and each will be considered in this opinion.
The appellant Murphy and Norman Crit-tenden were indicted separately for the murder of Kim Keller who was found dead from…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Walder v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
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