Legal Opinion

Tharp v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided December 21, 2000No. 1997-SC-1063-MRPublished

1Opinion of the Court

40 S.W.3d 356 (2000)

Myrna L. THARP, Appellant,

v.

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

No. 1997-SC-1063-MR.

Supreme Court of Kentucky.

December 21, 2000.

Rehearing Denied April 26, 2001.

Joseph Vincent Aprile, II, Assistant Public Advocate, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellant.

A.B. Chandler, III, Attorney General, Ian G. Sonego, Michael Harned, Assistant Attorneys General, Office of Attorney General, Criminal Appellate Division, Frankfort, Counsel for Appellee.

COOPER, Justice.

On January 11, 1997, Elaina Curtis, age ten months, died from a ruptured spleen which allegedly resulted from physical abuse…

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2Cases cited37 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. In Re WINSHIPSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
  3. Frye v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1923
  4. United States v. LanierSupreme Court of the United States · 1997
  5. United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995

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