Legal Opinion

Turner v. Com. of Ky.

Missouri Court of Appeals

Decided April 26, 2018No. 2016-SC-000367-MRPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT BY JUSTICE HUGHES

Melinda Turner was convicted of the stabbing death of her boyfriend, Maxwell Pomeroy, Jr. She appeals as a matter of right from a judgment of the Scott Circuit Court sentencing her to thirty years' imprisonment for murder and for being a first-degree persistent felony offender. Turner alleges that the trial court erred by: 1) permitting the Commonwealth to elicit testimony from the coroner about the victim's estimated time of death; 2) denying her motion to continue the trial; 3) granting the Commonwealth's motion to disqualify one of her attorneys; 4)…

2Cases cited41 opinions

  1. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
  2. Wheat v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
  3. Commonwealth v. EnglishKentucky Supreme Court · 1999
  4. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. v. ThompsonKentucky Supreme Court · 2000
  5. Swidler & Berlin v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1998

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3Cited by9 opinions

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