Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Morris
Kentucky Supreme Court
Decided June 17, 2004No. 2002-SC-0845-DGPublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COOPER, Justice.
On March 15, 2001, Troy Thornsberry and his pregnant wife, Veronica Jane Thornsberry, were en route to Pikeville Methodist Hospital for the anticipated birth of their unborn child when their vehicle was struck by a pickup truck operated by Appellee, Christopher Charles Morris. Mr. Thornsberry was injured in the collision; his wife and unborn child were killed. A post-mortem examination revealed that the child was a viable fetus who would have been born a healthy baby girl had she not sustained a fatal brain injury in the collision.1
A Pike County grand jury indicted Ap-pellee…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Bouie v. City of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Rogers v. TennesseeSupreme Court of the United States · 2001
- Keeler v. Superior CourtCalifornia Supreme Court · 1970
- Eugene Williams Gall, Jr. v. Phil Parker, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2000
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State v. CourchesneSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2010
- Benningfield ex rel. Benningfield v. ZinsmeisterKentucky Supreme Court · 2012
- Cochran v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
- Cochran v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 2010
- Commonwealth v. MorrisKentucky Supreme Court · 2004
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