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W.D.B. v. Commonwealth

Kentucky Supreme Court

Decided November 21, 2007No. 2006-SC-000937-DGPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the Court by

Justice MINTON.

Primarily at issue in this case is whether the common law presumption of youthful incapacity for criminal activity, the so-called infancy defense, survived enactment of the Kentucky Unified Juvenile Code, Kentucky Revised Statutes (KRS) Chapters 600 to 645. Because our juvenile code is comprehensive in scope and rehabilitative in purpose, we conclude that its enactment extinguished the infancy defense in proceedings under the juvenile code. And we affirm the Court of Appeals on this issue.

In addition to the applicability of the infancy defense, W.D.B.…

2Cases cited19 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. Commonwealth v. BenhamKentucky Supreme Court · 1991
  4. Commonwealth v. SawhillKentucky Supreme Court · 1983
  5. Slaughter v. CommonwealthKentucky Supreme Court · 1987

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. C.W.C.S. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009
  2. J.S. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009
  3. N.L. v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009
  4. CWCS v. Com.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009
  5. JS v. Com.Court of Appeals of Kentucky · 2009

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