Boone v. Commonwealth

Willie Stanley Boone (Boone or defendant), 1 after waiving a trial by jury, was convicted by the trial courts of a violation of the “Sawed-off” shotgun Act, Code §§ 18.1-268.1 to 268.9, and sentenced to a term of ten years in the state penitentiary. We granted a writ of error.

The dispositive question here is whether the trial court erred in admitting certain evidence over the defendant’s objection that it was hearsay.

At about 11:30 p.m. on October 3, 1970, an automobile crash involving two cars occurred at Bacon’s Castle in Surry County. One of the vehicles involved, a blue 1970 two-door…