Culver v. Commonwealth, 2017-SC-568-DG
Criminal Law. First-Degree Wanton Endangerment. First-Degree Fleeing or Evading. Issues include whether a defendant who speeds during a nighttime police chase, but does not otherwise drive erratically, creates a substantial risk of death or serious physical injury sufficient for first-degree wanton endangerment and fleeing or evading.
Baldwin v. Commonwealth, 2018-SC-59-DG
Criminal Law. KRE 702. Proffer of new method or theory. Dauberthearing. The issue is whether and under what circumstances a trial court may or should, in its discretion, exclude evidence rather than grant a continuance of the trial. A related issue is whether the trial court must always conduct a Daubert hearing when evidence based upon a new theory or method of analysis is proffered, even though proffered in an untimely fashion.
Robinson v. Commonwealth, 2018-SC-234-DG
Criminal Law. Evidence. Damages. Discovery. Abuse of Discretion. The issue is whether the trial court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of damages rather than granting a continuance of the trial, when it is alleged that a discovery rule was violated regarding the production of the damage evidence.
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