As used in this chapter:
(1) "Abuse" has the same meaning as in KRS 508.090;
(2) "Criminal homicide" means that a person is guilty of causing the death of another human being under circumstances which constitute murder, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, or reckless homicide; and
(3) "Physically helpless" and "mentally helpless" have the same meaning as in KRS 508.090. Effective: June 24, 2015 History: Amended 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 1, effective June 24, 2015. -- Created 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 406, sec. 60, effective January 1, 1975. Legislative Research Commission Note (6/24/2015). 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 64, sec. 3 provides that the amendments to this statute and KRS 507.030 made in 2015 Ky. Acts ch. 64, secs. 1 and 2 may be cited as "Conner's Law."
Notes of Decisions
Commonwealth v. Morris, 142 S.W.3d 654 (Ky. 2004).
· cites it 8× “Likewise, KRS 507.010, titled "Definitions," has always provided: A person is guilty of criminal homicide when he causes the death of another human being under circumstances which constitute murder, manslaughter in the first degree, manslaughter in the second degree, or reckless…”
Commonwealth v. Hager, 41 S.W.3d 828 (Ky. 2001).
· cites it 2× “KRS 507.010. [A]ssault becomes a companion of homicide since both are so-called "result" offenses.”
Baraka v. Commonwealth, 194 S.W.3d 313 (Ky. 2006).
· cites it 4× “'"); see also, KRS 507.010. Medical examiners must make such determinations every time they indicate on a death certificate whether a death was natural, accidental, suicidal, homicidal, or undetermined.”
Peacher v. Commonwealth, 391 S.W.3d 821 (Ky. 2013).
“KRS 507.010.... ‘Bodily injury is the prohibited result of the former [assault] and death is the prohibited result of the latter [homicide].”
Ragland v. Est. of Digiuro, 352 S.W.3d 908 (Ky. Ct. App. 2010).
“KRS 507.010. The pertinent facts upon which the Court of Appeals based its findings did not change after the rendering of its opinion, and we find this argument without merit.”
Commonwealth v. Self, 802 S.W.2d 940 (Ky. Ct. App. 1990).
“The definition of criminal homicide in KRS 507.010 refers to one being guilty of some degree of the offense, depending on the circumstances, when he “causes the death of another human being.”
Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the
Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and
treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.