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HERE ARE THE AOC MINUTES:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012
9:00 a.m. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. KENTUCKY RETIREMENT
SYSTEMS, ET AL. (2010-SC-809-DG)
“Sovereign Immunity. Declaratory Judgment. State Employee Retirement
Benefits. The issue is whether the Commonwealth can invoke sovereign
immunity in any declaratory judgment action.”
Discretionary Review granted 8/17/2011
Franklin Circuit Court, Judge Thomas D. Wingate
For Movant: Stuart Weldon Cobb and Lisa Kathleen Lang
For Respondents: Robert W. Kellerman, Jennifer Jones, Brent L. Caldwell and
Roger Crittenden

10:00 a.m. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. HASCH (2010-SC-494-DG) AND
(CROSS-MOTION) HASCH V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
(2011-SC-232-DG)
“Criminal law. Self-defense. Jury Instructions. Immunity. The issues include:
1. Whether the Commonwealth can introduce evidence of a defendant’s
opportunity to escape the victim in a self-defense case, thus permitting the
court to instruct on lesser degrees of murder over the defendant’s objection;
2. Whether the lower court erred by admitting the autopsy report as a
Commonwealth exhibit; 3. Whether the lower court erred by excluding two
defense witnesses; 4. Whether the jury instructions in the guilt and penalty
phases were erroneous; and 5. Whether the lower court erred by failing to hold
a probable cause hearing when Hasch sought immunity from prosecution under
KRS 503.085.”
Discretionary Review granted 4/13/2011 and 6/8/2011
Bullitt Circuit Court, Judge Rodney D. Burress
For Movant/Cross-Respondent: James Coleman Shackelford
For Respondent/Cross-Movant: G. Murray Turner and Sarah Bash Brian

11:00 a.m. HALL, ET AL. V. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS,
INC., ET AL. (2010-SC-559-DG)
“Timely release of liens on real property. Award of statutory penalties, attorney
fees and costs.”
Discretionary Review granted 6/9/2011
Laurel Circuit Court, Judge Roderick Messer
For Movants: Ralph W. Hoskins
For Respondents: Henry E. Kinser and Mickey Todd Webster

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012

9:00 a.m. TUCKER, ETC., ET AL. V. WOMEN’S CARE PHYSICIANS OF LOUISVILLE,
P.S.C., ET AL. (2010-SC-466-DG)
“Medical malpractice. Evidence. Issue is whether the trial court abused its
discretion in excluding certain expert testimony as irrelevant.”
Discretionary Review granted 8/17/2011
Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge Susan Lynn Schultz
For Movants: Richard Wayne Hay, Timothy R. McCarthy, Wanda McClure Dry
and Sarah Hay Knight
For Respondents: Donald W. Darby and Daniel Garland Brown

10:00 a.m. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. REED (2011-SC-111-DG)
“Criminal law. Guilty plea. Sentencing. Fines. KRS 534.030. Issues include
whether in the case of an unenforceable bargained-for plea agreement an
appellate court may vacate part of the sentence or whether the entire judgment
and sentence of conviction must be set aside.”
Discretionary Review granted 9/14/2011
Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge Mitch Perry
For Movant: Jeanne Deborah Anderson
For Respondent: Bruce P. Hackett

11:00 a.m. GINGERICH, ET AL. V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
(2011-SC-379-DGE) AND ZOOK, ET AL. V. COMMONWEALTH OF
KENTUCKY (2011-SC-380-DGE)
“Criminal Law. State Constitutional Law. In cases involving failure to display a
KRS 189.820 “slow moving vehicle” emblem on Old Order Swartzentruber
horse-drawn buggies, issues involve whether KY. CONST. §§ 1 & 5 provide
greater religious protection than does the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution.”
Discretionary Review granted 12/14/2011
Graves Circuit Court, Judge Timothy C. Stark
For Movants: William Ellis Sharp and Patricia Colleen Le Meur
For Respondent: Christian Kenneth Ray Miller

THURSDAY, MARCH 15, 2012

9:00 a.m. TUCKER, ETC., ET AL. V. WOMEN’S CARE PHYSICIANS OF LOUISVILLE,
P.S.C., ET AL. (2010-SC-466-DG)
“Medical malpractice. Evidence. Issue is whether the trial court abused its
discretion in excluding certain expert testimony as irrelevant.”
Discretionary Review granted 8/17/2011
Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge Susan Lynn Schultz
For Movants: Richard Wayne Hay, Timothy R. McCarthy, Wanda McClure Dry
and Sarah Hay Knight

For Respondents: Donald W. Darby and Daniel Garland Brown
10:00 a.m. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY V. REED (2011-SC-111-DG)
“Criminal law. Guilty plea. Sentencing. Fines. KRS 534.030. Issues include
whether in the case of an unenforceable bargained-for plea agreement an
appellate court may vacate part of the sentence or whether the entire judgment
and sentence of conviction must be set aside.”
Discretionary Review granted 9/14/2011
Jefferson Circuit Court, Judge Mitch Perry
For Movant: Jeanne Deborah Anderson
For Respondent: Bruce P. Hackett

11:00 a.m. GINGERICH, ET AL. V. COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY
(2011-SC-379-DGE) AND ZOOK, ET AL. V. COMMONWEALTH OF
KENTUCKY (2011-SC-380-DGE)
“Criminal Law. State Constitutional Law. In cases involving failure to display a
KRS 189.820 “slow moving vehicle” emblem on Old Order Swartzentruber
horse-drawn buggies, issues involve whether KY. CONST. §§ 1 & 5 provide
greater religious protection than does the First Amendment to the United States
Constitution.”
Discretionary Review granted 12/14/2011
Graves Circuit Court, Judge Timothy C. Stark
For Movants: William Ellis Sharp and Patricia Colleen Le Meur
For Respondent: Christian Kenneth Ray Miller

HERE ARE LINKS TO THE BRIEFS FILED AT NKU, SALMON P. CHASE COLLEGE OF LAW.

ARGUED Mar 16, 2012
9:00a Cox v. Commonwealth, 2010-SC-733
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
10:00a Commonwealth v. Pridham, 2011-SC-126
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
11:00a Bidwell v. Shelter Mutual Insurance Co., 2010-SC-560
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
ARGUED Mar 15, 2012
9:00a Tucker v. Women’s Care Physicians of Louisville, 2010-SC-466
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
10:00a Commonwealth v. Reed, 2011-SC-111
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
11:00a Gingerich v. Commonwealth, 2011-SC-379, 2011-SC-380
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
11:00a Gingerich v. Commonwealth, 2011-SC-379, 2011-SC-380
Amicus Curiae
ARGUED Mar 14, 2012
9:00a Commonwealth v. Kentucky Retirement Systems, 2010-SC-809
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
10:00a Commonwealth v. Hasch, 2011-SC-232
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Appellant’s Reply Brief
11:00a Hall v. Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, 2010-SC-559
Appellant’s Brief
Appellee’s Brief
Amicus Curiae