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The Sad, Sad Story Of Lula Viers, Richard H. Underwood, Sharon Ray Jan 2007

The Sad, Sad Story Of Lula Viers, Richard H. Underwood, Sharon Ray

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In this article, Professor Richard H. Underwood explores the murder ballad entitled Lula Viers. Lula Viers was from the Appalachia region of Kentucky.


Stella Kenney: A Little Problem In Evidence, Richard H. Underwood Jan 2006

Stella Kenney: A Little Problem In Evidence, Richard H. Underwood

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

In this article, Professor Richard H. Underwood explores the murder ballad entitled Stella Kenney. Stella Kenney (whose real name was Kinney) was from Carter County, Kentucky.


Crimesong: Some Murder Ballads And Poems Revisited, Richard H. Underwood, Carol J. Paris Jan 2004

Crimesong: Some Murder Ballads And Poems Revisited, Richard H. Underwood, Carol J. Paris

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

This short Article, by a law professor and a law librarian, was written because of our personal interest in the old ballads, and because of the professor's desire to spice up the “meals-ready-to-eat” diet of problems and cases fed to students in law school courses. But more than anything else, this Article was written for the fun of it. To the extent that we appear to be advancing the occasional high-sounding hypothesis, we want the reader to understand that our speculations are offered only as an invitation to the sociologists, musicologists, and historians. Our backgrounds are limited, and we do …


A Re-Examination Of The Law Of Homicide In 1971: The Model Penal Code, Roy Mitchell Moreland Jan 1971

A Re-Examination Of The Law Of Homicide In 1971: The Model Penal Code, Roy Mitchell Moreland

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law Revision In Kentucky: Part I—Homicide And Assault, Robert G. Lawson Jan 1970

Criminal Law Revision In Kentucky: Part I—Homicide And Assault, Robert G. Lawson

Law Faculty Scholarly Articles

At the present time the Kentucky Commission on Law Enforcement and Crime Prevention and the Legislative Research Commission are jointly engaged in a project designed to revise the state's substantive criminal law. This effort is justifiable only if the existing law is defective and the "revision will result in significant improvement in [criminal law] administration." A cursory examination of the criminal statutes, with no reference to case law, leaves not the slightest doubt as to the need for revision. Until now no major attempt at revision has ever been undertaken in this state. As a consequence, the statutes are devoid …


The Kentucky Felony Willful Murder, Roy Mitchell Moreland Jan 1964

The Kentucky Felony Willful Murder, Roy Mitchell Moreland

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Kentucky Homicide Law With Recommendations, Roy Mitchell Moreland Jan 1962

Kentucky Homicide Law With Recommendations, Roy Mitchell Moreland

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Suggested Homicide Statute For Kentucky, Roy Mitchell Moreland Jan 1952

A Suggested Homicide Statute For Kentucky, Roy Mitchell Moreland

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--The Felony Murder Doctrine As Related To Drunkenness, Giles Mccarthy Jan 1948

Criminal Law--The Felony Murder Doctrine As Related To Drunkenness, Giles Mccarthy

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


A Suggested Classification Of "Provocation" In Manslaughter Cases, Harry B. Miller Jr. Jan 1948

A Suggested Classification Of "Provocation" In Manslaughter Cases, Harry B. Miller Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--Are There Circumstances Other Than Provocation Which May "Reduce" Murder To Voluntary Manslaughter, Arnett Mann Jan 1948

Criminal Law--Are There Circumstances Other Than Provocation Which May "Reduce" Murder To Voluntary Manslaughter, Arnett Mann

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Homicide: Drunken Driving And Murder, James C. Brock Jan 1947

Homicide: Drunken Driving And Murder, James C. Brock

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--The Felony-Murder Doctrine Repudiated, Frank Selby Hurst Jan 1947

Criminal Law--The Felony-Murder Doctrine Repudiated, Frank Selby Hurst

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Early Development Of The Term Malice Aforethought And Origins Of Express Malice, Anne F. Noyes Jan 1946

Early Development Of The Term Malice Aforethought And Origins Of Express Malice, Anne F. Noyes

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--The Doctrine Of Transferred Intent In Homicide, E. Durward Weldon Jan 1946

Criminal Law--The Doctrine Of Transferred Intent In Homicide, E. Durward Weldon

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--Presumption Of Malice From Proof Of The Homicide, Frank Selby Hurst Jan 1946

Criminal Law--Presumption Of Malice From Proof Of The Homicide, Frank Selby Hurst

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Development Of The Doctrine Of Implied Malice In The Law Of Murder, A. E. Funk Jr. Jan 1946

The Development Of The Doctrine Of Implied Malice In The Law Of Murder, A. E. Funk Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Homicide To Prevent Unlawful Arrest, John E. Howe Jan 1943

Homicide To Prevent Unlawful Arrest, John E. Howe

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Homicide--Is Knowledge Of Danger Necessary In Murder By A Dangerous Act?, J. Wirt Turner Jr. Jan 1940

Homicide--Is Knowledge Of Danger Necessary In Murder By A Dangerous Act?, J. Wirt Turner Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Modern Felony Murder Doctrine, J. G. Clark Jan 1940

The Modern Felony Murder Doctrine, J. G. Clark

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Felony Murder Doctrine Distinguished From Criminal Negligence, J. Wirt Turner Jr. Jan 1940

The Felony Murder Doctrine Distinguished From Criminal Negligence, J. Wirt Turner Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--The Felony Murder Doctrine In Kentucky, J. Granville Clark Jan 1940

Criminal Law--The Felony Murder Doctrine In Kentucky, J. Granville Clark

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--Conspiracy And The Felony Murder Doctrine In Kentucky, J. Wirt Turner Jr. Jan 1940

Criminal Law--Conspiracy And The Felony Murder Doctrine In Kentucky, J. Wirt Turner Jr.

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


The Negligent Murder, Marvin Tincher Jan 1939

The Negligent Murder, Marvin Tincher

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Criminal Law--Murder With Malice--Negligence, Marvin Tincher Jan 1939

Criminal Law--Murder With Malice--Negligence, Marvin Tincher

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.


Homicide--Burden Of Proof When Defense Is Insanity, James D. Allen Jan 1939

Homicide--Burden Of Proof When Defense Is Insanity, James D. Allen

Kentucky Law Journal

No abstract provided.